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About Nawasir Village

Nawasir is a small village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 119 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nawasir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawasir village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Gande
Pincode 815312
Area (hectares) 128.34 hectares
Population 238
Male Population 119
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Nawasir compares

By the 2011 count Nawasir is the 190th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 128.34 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Nawasir

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

Nawasir lies about 16 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 13 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 Nawasir
Tehsil headquarters Gande 5.9 km
Nearest railway station Maheshmunda Junction 13 km
District headquarters Giridih 16 km

Villages closest to Nawasir

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawasir village had a population of 238. That makes it the 190th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Nawasir village has 119 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawasir has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Nawasir is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nawasir covers 128.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nawasir falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Nawasir is Maheshmunda Junction, about 13 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 Nawasir.

Nawasir is about 16 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawasir is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 5.9 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 13 km away. Giridih is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nawada (under 2 km), Pindaria (1.7 km) and Bhalpahri (1.7 km).

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

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