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About Nawagoan Village

Nawagoan is a mid sized village in Baloda tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,081, made up of 546 males and 535 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 587.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nawagoan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawagoan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Baloda
Pincode 495668
Area (hectares) 587.27 hectares
Population 1,081
Male Population 546
Female Population 535
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 980
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nawagoan compares

By the 2011 count Nawagoan is the 37th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 587.27 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Nawagoan

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

Nawagoan lies about 30 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Jairamnagar, about 7.1 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 Nawagoan
Nearest railway station Jairamnagar 7.1 km
Nearest town Akaltara 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Baloda 18 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 30 km

Villages closest to Nawagoan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawagoan village had a population of 1,081. That makes it the 37th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Nawagoan village has 546 males and 535 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawagoan has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Nawagoan is 495668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nawagoan covers 587.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nawagoan falls under Baloda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nawagoan is Jairamnagar, about 7.1 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 Nawagoan.

Nawagoan is about 30 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawagoan is in Baloda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jairamnagar is about 7.1 km away. Akaltara is about 14 km away. Baloda is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uslapur (5.5 km), Orai Khurd (12 km) and Dhorla (13 km).

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

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