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About Namna Village

Namna is a mid sized village in Premnagar tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,677, made up of 819 males and 858 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 638.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Namna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Namna village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Premnagar
Pincode 497116
Area (hectares) 638.95 hectares
Population 1,677
Male Population 819
Female Population 858
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Namna compares

By the 2011 count Namna is the 12th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents. Its 638.95 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Namna

Namna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Namna 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 Namna from other places

Namna lies about 50 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Bishrampur, about 35 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 Namna
Tehsil headquarters Premnagar 4.0 km
Nearest town Surajpur 32 km
Nearest railway station Bishrampur 35 km
District headquarters Surguja 50 km

Villages closest to Namna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Namna village had a population of 1,677. That makes it the 12th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents.

Namna village has 819 males and 858 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Namna has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Namna is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Namna covers 638.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Namna falls under Premnagar tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Namna is Bishrampur, about 35 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 Namna.

Namna is about 50 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Namna is in Premnagar tehsil of Surguja district. Premnagar is about 4.0 km away. Surajpur is about 32 km away. Bishrampur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bakalo (3.5 km), Kotal (4.6 km) and Abhaypur (4.8 km).

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

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