About Nilawaya Village

Nilawaya is a small village in Sukma tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 141, made up of 67 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,104 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494111, 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	Sukma
Pincode	494111
Area (hectares)	313.87 hectares
Population	141
Male Population	67
Female Population	74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,104
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 among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 980 residents. Its 313.87 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1086.

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
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sukma	34 km

Villages closest to Nilawaya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sukma 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 141. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 980 residents.

Nilawaya village has 67 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nilawaya has about 1104 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Nilawaya is 494111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nilawaya covers 313.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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