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About Newsa Village

Newsa is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 979, made up of 484 males and 495 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Newsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Newsa village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Kota
Pincode 495116
Area (hectares) 233.29 hectares
Population 979
Male Population 484
Female Population 495
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Newsa compares

By the 2011 count Newsa is the 76th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 233.29 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Newsa

Newsa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Newsa 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Newsa from other places

Newsa lies about under 2 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Uslapur, about 3.6 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 Newsa
District headquarters Bilaspur under 2 km
Nearest town Bilāspur under 2 km
Nearest railway station Uslapur 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Kota 26 km

Villages closest to Newsa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Newsa village had a population of 979. That makes it the 76th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Newsa village has 484 males and 495 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Newsa has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Newsa is 495116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Newsa covers 233.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Newsa falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Newsa is Uslapur, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Newsa.

Newsa is about under 2 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Newsa is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Bilaspur is about under 2 km away. Bilāspur is about under 2 km away. Uslapur is about 3.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pandra Padhra (7.8 km), Barpali (10 km) and Nawapara (13 km).

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

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