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About Niyanar Village

Niyanar is a large village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,589, made up of 1,268 males and 1,321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 840.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Niyanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Niyanar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 494001
Area (hectares) 840.09 hectares
Population 2,589
Male Population 1,268
Female Population 1,321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Niyanar compares

By the 2011 count Niyanar is the 11th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 840.09 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Niyanar

Niyanar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Niyanar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Niyanar from other places

Niyanar lies about 22 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Jagdalpur, about 4.3 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 Niyanar
Nearest railway station Jagdalpur 4.3 km
District headquarters Bastar 22 km

Villages closest to Niyanar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Niyanar village had a population of 2,589. That makes it the 11th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Niyanar village has 1,268 males and 1,321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Niyanar has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Niyanar is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Niyanar covers 840.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Niyanar falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Niyanar is Jagdalpur, about 4.3 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Niyanar.

Niyanar is about 22 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Niyanar is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Jagdalpur is about 4.3 km away. Bastar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jatam (under 2 km), Manjhiguda (under 2 km) and Dongam (under 2 km).

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

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