About Nagjhar Village

Nagjhar is a small village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 309, made up of 152 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nagjhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nagjhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gurur
Pincode	491226
Area (hectares)	278.86 hectares
Population	309
Male Population	152
Female Population	157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nagjhar compares

By the 2011 count Nagjhar is the 100th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 278.86 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1022.

Getting to Nagjhar

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

Nagjhar lies about 64 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 Nagjhar
Tehsil headquarters	Gurur	11 km
Nearest town	Balod	18 km
District headquarters	Durg	64 km

Villages closest to Nagjhar

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.

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Common questions about Nagjhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Nagjhar village had a population of 309. That makes it the 100th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Nagjhar village has 152 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nagjhar has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Nagjhar is 491226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nagjhar covers 278.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nagjhar falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Nagjhar 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 10+ km distance for Nagjhar.

Nagjhar is about 64 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nagjhar is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Gurur is about 11 km away. Balod is about 18 km away. Durg is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.