About Nayanar Village

Nayanar is a small village in Katekalyan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 465, made up of 229 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 825.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nayanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nayanar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Katekalyan
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	825.07 hectares
Population	465
Male Population	229
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nayanar compares

By the 2011 count Nayanar is the 32nd largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 825.07 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1080.

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 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 21 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kaklur, about 11 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	Katekalyan	2.7 km
Nearest railway station	Kaklur	11 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	21 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	38 km

Villages closest to Nayanar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katekalyan 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 465. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Nayanar village has 229 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nayanar has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Nayanar is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nayanar covers 825.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nayanar falls under Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nayanar is Kaklur, about 11 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 Nayanar.

Nayanar is about 21 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.

Nayanar is in Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Katekalyan is about 2.7 km away. Kaklur is about 11 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.