About Nauwadih Village

Nauwadih is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 317, made up of 170 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11 hectares hectares.

Nauwadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nauwadih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Devipur
Area (hectares)	11 hectares
Population	317
Male Population	170
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
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 Nauwadih compares

By the 2011 count Nauwadih is the 120th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 11 hectares work out to about 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Nauwadih

Nauwadih is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Nauwadih 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 Nauwadih from other places

Nauwadih lies about 37 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 5.6 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 Nauwadih
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	5.6 km
Nearest town	Giridih	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devipur	21 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	37 km

Villages closest to Nauwadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nauwadih village had a population of 317. That makes it the 120th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Nauwadih village has 170 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nauwadih has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Nauwadih covers 11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Nauwadih falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Nauwadih is Maheshmunda Junction, about 5.6 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 Nauwadih.

Nauwadih is about 37 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nauwadih is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. Maheshmunda Junction is about 5.6 km away. Giridih is about 15 km away. Devipur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.