About Nelgoda Village

Nelgoda is a small village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 244, made up of 129 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nelgoda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nelgoda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494441
Area (hectares)	282.2 hectares
Population	244
Male Population	129
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nelgoda compares

By the 2011 count Nelgoda is the 62nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 282.2 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Nelgoda

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

Nelgoda lies about 39 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 20 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 Nelgoda
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	19 km
Nearest railway station	Dantewara	20 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	39 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	40 km

Villages closest to Nelgoda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nelgoda village had a population of 244. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Nelgoda village has 129 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nelgoda has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Nelgoda is 494441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nelgoda covers 282.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nelgoda falls under Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nelgoda is Dantewara, about 20 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 Nelgoda.

Nelgoda is about 39 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.

Nelgoda is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 19 km away. Dantewara is about 20 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.