About Nawada Village

Nawada is a small village in Katoria tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 240, made up of 131 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96 hectares hectares.

Nawada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawada village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Katoria
Area (hectares)	96 hectares
Population	240
Male Population	131
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	832
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nawada compares

By the 2011 count Nawada is the 186th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 619 residents. Its 96 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Nawada

Nawada is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Nawada as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nawada from other places

Nawada lies about 24 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 6.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Nawada
Nearest railway station	Bela	6.2 km
Nearest town	Purāini	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katoria	24 km
District headquarters	Banka	24 km

Villages closest to Nawada

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katoria tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Nawada

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawada village had a population of 240. That makes it the 186th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 619 residents.

Nawada village has 131 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawada has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Nawada covers 96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nawada falls under Katoria tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Nawada is Bela, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Nawada.

Nawada is about 24 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawada is in Katoria tehsil of Banka district. Bela is about 6.2 km away. Purāini is about 12 km away. Katoria is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.