About Nawagaon Village

Nawagaon is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 757, made up of 366 males and 391 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 368.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491557, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nawagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawagaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491557
Area (hectares)	368.49 hectares
Population	757
Male Population	366
Female Population	391
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
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 103rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 368.49 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 1037.

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 42 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 17 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
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	17 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	20 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	42 km

Villages closest to Nawagaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhuriya 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 757. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Nawagaon village has 366 males and 391 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawagaon has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Nawagaon is 491557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nawagaon covers 368.49 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 Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nawagaon is Paniajob, about 17 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 42 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawagaon is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 5.0 km away. Paniajob is about 17 km away. Dongargarh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.