About Nawagaon Village

Nawagaon is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 968, made up of 457 males and 511 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,118 females per 1000 males. The village covers 606.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nawagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawagaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Kanker
Pincode	494336
Area (hectares)	606.85 hectares
Population	968
Male Population	457
Female Population	511
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,118
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 37th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 606.85 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

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 25 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 38 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	Kanker	4.2 km
Nearest town	Kānker	4.2 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	25 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	38 km

Villages closest to Nawagaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanker 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 968. That makes it the 37th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Nawagaon village has 457 males and 511 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawagaon has about 1118 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Nawagaon is 494336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nawagaon covers 606.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nawagaon falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nawagaon is Antagarh, about 38 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 25 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawagaon is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 4.2 km away. Kānker is about 4.2 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.