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About Naragaon Village

Naragaon is a mid sized village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,584, made up of 758 males and 826 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 623.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naragaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gurur
Pincode 491227
Area (hectares) 623.71 hectares
Population 1,584
Male Population 758
Female Population 826
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,090
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Naragaon compares

By the 2011 count Naragaon is the 35th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 623.71 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Naragaon

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

Naragaon lies about 62 km from Durg. 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 Naragaon
Nearest town Balod 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Gurur 14 km
District headquarters Durg 62 km

Villages closest to Naragaon

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

Common questions about Naragaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Naragaon village had a population of 1,584. That makes it the 35th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Naragaon village has 758 males and 826 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naragaon has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Naragaon is 491227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Naragaon covers 623.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Naragaon falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Naragaon notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Naragaon.

Naragaon is about 62 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naragaon is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Balod is about 14 km away. Gurur is about 14 km away. Durg is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangchuwa (4.7 km), Nagjhar (4.9 km) and Petechuwa (5.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Naragaon today is likely to be higher.

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