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About Navagam Village

Navagam is a mid sized village in Shehera tehsil, in the district of Panch Mahals, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,797, made up of 947 males and 850 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 623.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 389210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Navagam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Navagam village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Panch Mahals
Tehsil Shehera
Pincode 389210
Area (hectares) 623.22 hectares
Population 1,797
Male Population 947
Female Population 850
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Navagam compares

By the 2011 count Navagam is the 57th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,871 residents. Its 623.22 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Navagam

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

Navagam lies about 34 km from Panch Mahals, and the nearest railway station is Chanchelav, about 44 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 Navagam
Nearest town Lūnāvāda 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Shehera 27 km
District headquarters Panch Mahals 34 km
Nearest railway station Chanchelav 44 km

Villages closest to Navagam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Navagam village had a population of 1,797. That makes it the 57th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,871 residents.

Navagam village has 947 males and 850 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Navagam has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Navagam is 389210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Navagam covers 623.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Navagam falls under Shehera tehsil of Panch Mahals district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Navagam is Chanchelav, about 44 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Navagam.

Navagam is about 34 km from Panch Mahals in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Navagam is in Shehera tehsil of Panch Mahals district. Lūnāvāda is about 8.2 km away. Shehera is about 27 km away. Panch Mahals is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotha (5.7 km), Saradiya (5.9 km) and Limbodra (6.3 km).

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

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