About Nayanar Village

Nayanar is a mid sized village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 750, made up of 365 males and 385 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 572.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nayanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nayanar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Keskal
Pincode	494553
Area (hectares)	572.13 hectares
Population	750
Male Population	365
Female Population	385
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nayanar compares

By the 2011 count Nayanar is the 34th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 572.13 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Nayanar

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

Nayanar lies about 88 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 49 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 Nayanar
Tehsil headquarters	Keskal	19 km
Nearest town	Kondagaon	37 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	49 km
District headquarters	Bastar	88 km

Villages closest to Nayanar

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 Nayanar

As per the Census of India 2011, Nayanar village had a population of 750. That makes it the 34th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Nayanar village has 365 males and 385 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nayanar has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Nayanar is 494553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nayanar covers 572.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nayanar falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nayanar is Antagarh, about 49 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 5 - 10 km distance for Nayanar.

Nayanar is about 88 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nayanar is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Keskal is about 19 km away. Kondagaon is about 37 km away. Antagarh is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.