About Nirai Village

Nirai is a small village in Magarlod tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 79, made up of 39 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493889, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nirai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nirai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Magarlod
Pincode	493889
Area (hectares)	237.2 hectares
Population	79
Male Population	39
Female Population	40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nirai compares

By the 2011 count Nirai is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents. Its 237.2 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Nirai

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

Nirai lies about 46 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Rajim, about 35 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 Nirai
Tehsil headquarters	Magarlod	17 km
Nearest railway station	Rajim	35 km
Nearest town	Nawāpāra	36 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	46 km

Villages closest to Nirai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nirai village had a population of 79. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents.

Nirai village has 39 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nirai has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Nirai is 493889. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nirai covers 237.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nirai falls under Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nirai is Rajim, about 35 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 Nirai.

Nirai is about 46 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nirai is in Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district. Magarlod is about 17 km away. Rajim is about 35 km away. Nawāpāra is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.