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About Yashwant Nagar Village

Yashwant Nagar is a mid sized village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,072, made up of 523 males and 549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yashwant Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yashwant Nagar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 494771
Area (hectares) 321.73 hectares
Population 1,072
Male Population 523
Female Population 549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,050
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yashwant Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Yashwant Nagar is the 32nd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 321.73 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Yashwant Nagar

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

Yashwant Nagar lies about 58 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 42 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 Yashwant Nagar
Tehsil headquarters Pakhanjur 11 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 42 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 58 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 67 km

Villages closest to Yashwant Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pakhanjur 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 Yashwant Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Yashwant Nagar village had a population of 1,072. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Yashwant Nagar village has 523 males and 549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yashwant Nagar has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Yashwant Nagar is 494771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yashwant Nagar covers 321.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yashwant Nagar falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Yashwant Nagar is Keoti, about 42 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 Yashwant Nagar.

Yashwant Nagar is about 58 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.

Yashwant Nagar is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 11 km away. Keoti is about 42 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barda (2.2 km), Balrampur (3.9 km) and Rampur (3.9 km).

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

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