About Nilghun Village

Nilghun is a mid sized village in Mangaon tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 721, made up of 350 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 402104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Nilghun compares

By the 2011 count Nilghun is the 69th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 249 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 1070.

Getting to Nilghun

Nilghun is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Nilghun as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Nanore, Navashi, Nhave and Nijampur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.