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About Norja Village

Norja is a mid sized village in Rahatgarh tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 566, made up of 322 males and 244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 758 females per 1000 males. The village covers 365.13 hectares hectares.

Norja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Norja village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Rahatgarh
Area (hectares) 365.13 hectares
Population 566
Male Population 322
Female Population 244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 758
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Norja compares

By the 2011 count Norja is the 64th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 709 residents. Its 365.13 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 876.

Getting to Norja

Norja is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Norja as Available within <5 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Norja from other places

Norja lies about 20 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Nariaoli, about 11 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 Norja
Nearest railway station Nariaoli 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Rahatgarh 15 km
Nearest town Rāhatgarh 15 km
District headquarters Sagar 20 km

Villages closest to Norja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Norja village had a population of 566. That makes it the 64th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 709 residents.

Norja village has 322 males and 244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Norja has about 758 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 876.

Norja covers 365.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Norja falls under Rahatgarh tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Norja is Nariaoli, about 11 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Norja.

Norja is about 20 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Norja is in Rahatgarh tehsil of Sagar district. Nariaoli is about 11 km away. Rahatgarh is about 15 km away. Rāhatgarh 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 Gambhiriya (2.5 km), Bhaisa (2.7 km) and Hansrai (3.6 km).

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

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