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About Nalejhari Village

Nalejhari is a small village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 391, made up of 191 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1816.07 hectares hectares.

Nalejhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nalejhari village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 1816.07 hectares
Population 391
Male Population 191
Female Population 200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,047
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Nalejhari compares

By the 2011 count Nalejhari is the 104th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 1816.07 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1013.

Getting to Nalejhari

Nalejhari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Nalejhari 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nalejhari from other places

Nalejhari lies about 51 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Salekasa, about 43 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 Nalejhari
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 21 km
Nearest railway station Salekasa 43 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 44 km
District headquarters Balaghat 51 km

Villages closest to Nalejhari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nalejhari village had a population of 391. That makes it the 104th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Nalejhari village has 191 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nalejhari has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Nalejhari covers 1816.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nalejhari falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Nalejhari is Salekasa, about 43 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Nalejhari is about 51 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nalejhari is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 21 km away. Salekasa is about 43 km away. Khairāgarh is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baigatola (under 2 km), Bargud (1.9 km) and Dewarbeli (4.3 km).

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

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