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About Nawadih Village

Nawadih is a small village in Baghmara Cum Katras tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 464, made up of 247 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115 hectares hectares.

Nawadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawadih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Baghmara Cum Katras
Area (hectares) 115 hectares
Population 464
Male Population 247
Female Population 217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Nawadih compares

By the 2011 count Nawadih is the 132nd largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,248 residents. Its 115 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Nawadih

The census records public bus service for Nawadih as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 15 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Talgaria, about 2.2 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
Nearest railway station Talgaria 2.2 km
Nearest town Jāmadoba 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Baghmara Cum Katras 15 km
District headquarters Dhanbad 15 km

Villages closest to Nawadih

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baghmara Cum Katras 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 464. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,248 residents.

Nawadih village has 247 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawadih has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Nawadih covers 115 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nawadih falls under Baghmara Cum Katras tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Nawadih is Talgaria, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Nawadih.

Nawadih is about 15 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawadih is in Baghmara Cum Katras tehsil of Dhanbad district. Talgaria is about 2.2 km away. Jāmadoba is about 6.2 km away. Baghmara Cum Katras is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nawadi Alias Badoi Nawadi (under 2 km), Bhuianbhaga (7.4 km) and Bagra (7.4 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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