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About Nawadih Village

Nawadih is a small village in Nauhatta tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 121 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286 hectares hectares.

Nawadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawadih village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Nauhatta
Area (hectares) 286 hectares
Population 226
Male Population 121
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nawadih compares

By the 2011 count Nawadih is the 57th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,447 residents. Its 286 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Nawadih

Nawadih is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nawadih as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Nawadih from other places

Nawadih lies about 20 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Muhammadganj, about 11 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 Nawadih
Tehsil headquarters Nauhatta 6.3 km
Nearest railway station Muhammadganj 11 km
District headquarters Rohtas 20 km
Nearest town Husainābād 21 km

Villages closest to Nawadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawadih village had a population of 226. That makes it the 57th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,447 residents.

Nawadih village has 121 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawadih has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Nawadih covers 286 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nawadih falls under Nauhatta tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Nawadih is Muhammadganj, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Nawadih.

Nawadih is about 20 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawadih is in Nauhatta tehsil of Rohtas district. Nauhatta is about 6.3 km away. Muhammadganj is about 11 km away. Rohtas is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baliari (under 2 km), Chaukhara (1.7 km) and Bhurwa (5.1 km).

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

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