About Nilawaya Village

Nilawaya is a mid sized village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 701, made up of 307 males and 394 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,283 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1076.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, 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	Kuakonda
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	1076.72 hectares
Population	701
Male Population	307
Female Population	394
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,283
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 26th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 1076.72 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1100.

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	Kuakonda	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 Kuakonda 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 701. That makes it the 26th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Nilawaya village has 307 males and 394 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nilawaya has about 1283 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1100.

The pincode recorded for Nilawaya is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nilawaya covers 1076.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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