About Nalajhar Village

Nalajhar is a small village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 162 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,160 females per 1000 males. The village covers 925 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nalajhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nalajhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Keskal
Pincode	494331
Area (hectares)	925 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	162
Female Population	188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,160
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nalajhar compares

By the 2011 count Nalajhar is the 65th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 925 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Nalajhar

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

Nalajhar lies about 107 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 52 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 Nalajhar
Tehsil headquarters	Keskal	7.1 km
Nearest town	Kānker	23 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	52 km
District headquarters	Bastar	107 km

Villages closest to Nalajhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nalajhar village had a population of 350. That makes it the 65th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Nalajhar village has 162 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nalajhar has about 1160 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Nalajhar is 494331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nalajhar covers 925 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nalajhar falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nalajhar is Antagarh, about 52 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 10+ km distance for Nalajhar.

Nalajhar is about 107 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nalajhar is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Keskal is about 7.1 km away. Kānker is about 23 km away. Antagarh is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.