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About Nerli Village

Nerli is a mid sized village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 871, made up of 403 males and 468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,161 females per 1000 males. The village covers 638.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nerli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nerli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494553
Area (hectares) 638.46 hectares
Population 871
Male Population 403
Female Population 468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,161
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Nerli compares

By the 2011 count Nerli is the 26th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 638.46 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1086.

Getting to Nerli

Nerli 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 Nerli 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 Nerli from other places

Nerli lies about 16 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Bacheli, about 4.5 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 Nerli
Nearest railway station Bacheli 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 16 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 16 km

Villages closest to Nerli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nerli village had a population of 871. That makes it the 26th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Nerli village has 403 males and 468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nerli has about 1161 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

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

Nerli covers 638.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nerli falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nerli is Bacheli, about 4.5 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 Nerli.

Nerli is about 16 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nerli is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Bacheli is about 4.5 km away. Dantewada is about 16 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Behnar (2.8 km), Badekameli (3.2 km) and Porokameli (3.3 km).

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

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