About Nahanda Village

Nahanda is a mid sized village in Dondi Luhara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,492, made up of 743 males and 749 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 490.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nahanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nahanda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dondi Luhara
Pincode	491771
Area (hectares)	490.25 hectares
Population	1,492
Male Population	743
Female Population	749
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nahanda compares

By the 2011 count Nahanda is the 34th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 490.25 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Nahanda

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

Nahanda lies about 20 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 7.6 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 Nahanda
Nearest railway station	Gundardehi	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dondi Luhara	20 km
District headquarters	Durg	20 km

Villages closest to Nahanda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dondi Luhara 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 Nahanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Nahanda village had a population of 1,492. That makes it the 34th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Nahanda village has 743 males and 749 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nahanda has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Nahanda is 491771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nahanda covers 490.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nahanda falls under Dondi Luhara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nahanda is Gundardehi, about 7.6 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 village for Nahanda.

Nahanda is about 20 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nahanda is in Dondi Luhara tehsil of Durg district. Gundardehi is about 7.6 km away. Dondi Luhara is about 20 km away. Durg is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.