About Nelwad Village

Nelwad is a mid sized village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 558, made up of 329 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 696 females per 1000 males. The village covers 417.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nelwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nelwad village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Narayanpur
Tehsil	Narayanpur
Pincode	494661
Area (hectares)	417.63 hectares
Population	558
Male Population	329
Female Population	229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	696
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nelwad compares

By the 2011 count Nelwad is the 47th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 478 residents. Its 417.63 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Nelwad

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

Nelwad lies about 10 km from Narayanpur, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 49 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 Nelwad
Tehsil headquarters	Narayanpur	10 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	49 km

Villages closest to Nelwad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nelwad village had a population of 558. That makes it the 47th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 478 residents.

Nelwad village has 329 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nelwad has about 696 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Nelwad is 494661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nelwad covers 417.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nelwad falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nelwad is Antagarh, about 49 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 Nelwad.

Nelwad is about 10 km from Narayanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nelwad is in Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district. Narayanpur is about 10 km away. Nārāinpur is about 10 km away. Antagarh is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.