About Nilawaya Village

Nilawaya is a small village in Konta tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 89, made up of 41 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,171 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1249.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nilawaya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nilawaya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Konta
Pincode	494122
Area (hectares)	1249.97 hectares
Population	89
Male Population	41
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,171
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nilawaya compares

By the 2011 count Nilawaya is the 208th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 1249.97 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 1010.

Getting to Nilawaya

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

Nilawaya lies about 25 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 18 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 Nilawaya
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	18 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Konta	25 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	25 km

Villages closest to Nilawaya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nilawaya village had a population of 89. That makes it the 208th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Nilawaya village has 41 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nilawaya has about 1171 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Nilawaya is 494122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nilawaya covers 1249.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nilawaya falls under Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nilawaya is Kirandul, about 18 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 Nilawaya.

Nilawaya is about 25 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.

Nilawaya is in Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 18 km away. Bacheli is about 22 km away. Konta is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.