About Nalpawand Village

Nalpawand is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,547, made up of 778 males and 769 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 527.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nalpawand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nalpawand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494221
Area (hectares)	527.72 hectares
Population	1,547
Male Population	778
Female Population	769
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nalpawand compares

By the 2011 count Nalpawand is the 38th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 527.72 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Nalpawand

Nalpawand is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nalpawand as Available. 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 Nalpawand from other places

Nalpawand lies about 24 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 18 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 Nalpawand
Nearest railway station	Amagura	18 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	24 km
District headquarters	Bastar	24 km

Villages closest to Nalpawand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nalpawand village had a population of 1,547. That makes it the 38th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Nalpawand village has 778 males and 769 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nalpawand has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Nalpawand is 494221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nalpawand covers 527.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nalpawand falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nalpawand is Amagura, about 18 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Nalpawand.

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

Nalpawand is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 18 km away. Jagdalpur is about 22 km away. Bakavand is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.