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About Nawagaon Village

Nawagaon is a mid sized village in Mahasamund tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,418, made up of 697 males and 721 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 674.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491988, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nawagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawagaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Mahasamund
Pincode 491988
Area (hectares) 674.12 hectares
Population 1,418
Male Population 697
Female Population 721
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nawagaon compares

By the 2011 count Nawagaon is the 46th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 674.12 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Nawagaon

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

Nawagaon lies about 27 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Kendri, about 9.6 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 Nawagaon
Nearest railway station Kendri 9.6 km
Nearest town Nawāpāra 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Mahasamund 27 km

Villages closest to Nawagaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawagaon village had a population of 1,418. That makes it the 46th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Nawagaon village has 697 males and 721 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawagaon has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Nawagaon is 491988. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nawagaon covers 674.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nawagaon falls under Mahasamund tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nawagaon is Kendri, about 9.6 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 Nawagaon.

Nawagaon is about 27 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawagaon is in Mahasamund tehsil of Mahasamund district. Kendri is about 9.6 km away. Nawāpāra is about 14 km away. Mahasamund is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nawagaon Alias Pachpedi (under 2 km), Parsa Pali Alias Nawagaon (under 2 km) and Torla (6.2 km).

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

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