About Nagar Village

Nagar is a mid sized village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 669, made up of 342 males and 327 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825420, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nagar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825420
Area (hectares)	109.81 hectares
Population	669
Male Population	342
Female Population	327
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Nagar is the 95th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 109.81 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Nagar

Nagar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Nagar 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nagar from other places

Nagar lies about 27 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Paraiya, about 40 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 Nagar
Nearest town	Sherghāti	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	27 km
District headquarters	Chatra	27 km
Nearest railway station	Paraiya	40 km

Villages closest to Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Nagar village had a population of 669. That makes it the 95th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Nagar village has 342 males and 327 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nagar has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Nagar is 825420. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nagar covers 109.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Nagar falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Nagar is Paraiya, about 40 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Nagar.

Nagar is about 27 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nagar is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 13 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 27 km away. Chatra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.