About Nawagaon Village

Nawagaon is a mid sized village in Kharsia tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 778, made up of 386 males and 392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nawagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawagaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Kharsia
Pincode	496661
Area (hectares)	165.4 hectares
Population	778
Male Population	386
Female Population	392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Nawagaon compares

By the 2011 count Nawagaon is the 71st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 165.4 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

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 5 - 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 46 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Sakti, about 14 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	Sakti	14 km
Nearest town	Saktī	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsia	20 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	46 km

Villages closest to Nawagaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawagaon village had a population of 778. That makes it the 71st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Nawagaon village has 386 males and 392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawagaon has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Nawagaon is 496661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nawagaon covers 165.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nawagaon falls under Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nawagaon is Sakti, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Nawagaon is about 46 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawagaon is in Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district. Sakti is about 14 km away. Saktī is about 16 km away. Kharsia is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.