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About Nautan Village

Nautan is a small village in Thakrahan tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 437, made up of 236 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 773 hectares hectares.

Nautan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nautan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Thakrahan
Area (hectares) 773 hectares
Population 437
Male Population 236
Female Population 201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 852
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 Nautan compares

By the 2011 count Nautan is the 7th largest of the 10 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 5,277 residents. Its 773 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 841.

Getting to Nautan

Nautan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Nautan 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 Nautan from other places

Nautan lies about 30 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Tamkuhi Road, about 6.8 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 Nautan
Tehsil headquarters Thakrahan under 2 km
Nearest railway station Tamkuhi Road 6.8 km
Nearest town Bettiah 24 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 30 km

Villages closest to Nautan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nautan village had a population of 437. That makes it the 7th largest of the 10 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,277 residents.

Nautan village has 236 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nautan has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 841.

Nautan covers 773 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nautan falls under Thakrahan tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Nautan is Tamkuhi Road, about 6.8 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 Nautan.

Nautan is about 30 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nautan is in Thakrahan tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Thakrahan is about under 2 km away. Tamkuhi Road is about 6.8 km away. Bettiah is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thakraha (under 2 km), Sirinagar (3.6 km) and Dhumnagar (4.3 km).

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

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