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About Nawada Village

Nawada is a small village in Ghoshi tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 54, made up of 25 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,160 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20 hectares hectares.

Nawada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawada village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Jehanabad
Tehsil Ghoshi
Area (hectares) 20 hectares
Population 54
Male Population 25
Female Population 29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,160
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Nawada compares

By the 2011 count Nawada is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,163 residents. Its 20 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Nawada

The census records public bus service for Nawada as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 4.8 km from Jehanabad, and the nearest railway station is Mai, about under 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 Mai under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghoshi 4.8 km
District headquarters Jehanabad 4.8 km
Nearest town Jahānābād 4.8 km

Villages closest to Nawada

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

Common questions about Nawada

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawada village had a population of 54. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,163 residents.

Nawada village has 25 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawada has about 1160 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

Nawada covers 20 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nawada falls under Ghoshi tehsil of Jehanabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Nawada is Mai, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Nawada.

Nawada is about 4.8 km from Jehanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawada is in Ghoshi tehsil of Jehanabad district. Mai is about under 2 km away. Ghoshi is about 4.8 km away. Jehanabad is about 4.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lodipur (3.4 km), Mirza Bigha (4.4 km) and Sahpur Milik (5.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Nawada today is likely to be higher.

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