About Nawagaon Village

Nawagaon is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 662, made up of 328 males and 334 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 581.86 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	Dongargarh
Pincode	491557
Area (hectares)	581.86 hectares
Population	662
Male Population	328
Female Population	334
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nawagaon compares

By the 2011 count Nawagaon is the 100th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 581.86 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

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 10+ km distance. 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 24 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 8.8 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	Jatkanhar	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	10 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	24 km

Villages closest to Nawagaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dongargarh 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 662. That makes it the 100th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Nawagaon village has 328 males and 334 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawagaon has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

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

Nawagaon covers 581.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nawagaon falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nawagaon is Jatkanhar, about 8.8 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 10+ km distance for Nawagaon.

Nawagaon is about 24 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 Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about 8.8 km away. Dongargarh is about 10 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.