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About Neganar Village

Neganar is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,051, made up of 501 males and 550 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Neganar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Neganar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 494221
Area (hectares) 356.53 hectares
Population 1,051
Male Population 501
Female Population 550
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,098
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Neganar compares

By the 2011 count Neganar is the 56th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 356.53 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Neganar

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

Neganar lies about 28 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Tokapal, about 7.0 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 Neganar
Nearest railway station Tokapal 7.0 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 28 km
District headquarters Bastar 28 km

Villages closest to Neganar

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.

Common questions about Neganar

As per the Census of India 2011, Neganar village had a population of 1,051. That makes it the 56th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Neganar village has 501 males and 550 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Neganar has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

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

Neganar covers 356.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Neganar falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Neganar is Tokapal, about 7.0 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 Neganar.

Neganar is about 28 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Neganar is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Tokapal is about 7.0 km away. Jagdalpur is about 19 km away. Bakavand is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Korpal (15 km), Talnar (15 km) and Kanapal (19 km).

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

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