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About Nawadih Village

Nawadih is a mid sized village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,403, made up of 699 males and 704 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 984 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nawadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawadih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Lawalaung
Pincode 825404
Area (hectares) 984 hectares
Population 1,403
Male Population 699
Female Population 704
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nawadih compares

By the 2011 count Nawadih is the 8th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 984 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Nawadih

Nawadih is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Nawadih as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Nawadih from other places

Nawadih lies about 25 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 34 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 Nawadih
Tehsil headquarters Lawalaung 25 km
District headquarters Chatra 25 km
Nearest town Chatrā 25 km
Nearest railway station Balumath 34 km

Villages closest to Nawadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawadih village had a population of 1,403. That makes it the 8th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Nawadih village has 699 males and 704 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawadih has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Nawadih is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nawadih covers 984 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nawadih falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Nawadih is Balumath, about 34 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Nawadih.

Nawadih is about 25 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawadih is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 25 km away. Chatra is about 25 km away. Chatrā is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sildag (1.6 km), Narainpur (2.5 km) and Dagdiria Alias Burhi (2.5 km).

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

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