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About Nagtarai Village

Nagtarai is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,418, made up of 687 males and 731 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 339.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nagtarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nagtarai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 339.11 hectares
Population 1,418
Male Population 687
Female Population 731
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,064
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Nagtarai compares

By the 2011 count Nagtarai is the 40th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 339.11 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Nagtarai

Nagtarai 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 Nagtarai as Available. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nagtarai from other places

Nagtarai lies about 26 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 2.6 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 Nagtarai
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 4.6 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 26 km

Villages closest to Nagtarai

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.

Common questions about Nagtarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Nagtarai village had a population of 1,418. That makes it the 40th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Nagtarai village has 687 males and 731 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nagtarai has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Nagtarai is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nagtarai covers 339.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nagtarai falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nagtarai is Jatkanhar, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Nagtarai.

Nagtarai is about 26 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nagtarai is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about 2.6 km away. Dongargarh is about 4.6 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Haransinghi (under 2 km), Ghusera (2.0 km) and Achholi (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Nagtarai today is likely to be higher.

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