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About Neganar Village

Neganar is a mid sized village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 702, made up of 350 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494010, 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 Lohandiguda
Pincode 494010
Area (hectares) 275.92 hectares
Population 702
Male Population 350
Female Population 352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Neganar compares

By the 2011 count Neganar is the 40th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 275.92 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1054.

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 <5 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 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 Lohandiguda 27 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 Lohandiguda 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 702. That makes it the 40th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Neganar village has 350 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Neganar has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Neganar is 494010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Neganar covers 275.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Neganar falls under Lohandiguda 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 <5 km distance 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 Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Tokapal is about 7.0 km away. Jagdalpur is about 19 km away. Lohandiguda is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anjar (5.4 km), Kaknar (7.7 km) and Salepal (8.1 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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