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About Naugawan Village

Naugawan is a mid sized village in Jaitpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 552, made up of 265 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 462.86 hectares hectares.

Naugawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naugawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Jaitpur
Area (hectares) 462.86 hectares
Population 552
Male Population 265
Female Population 287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Naugawan compares

By the 2011 count Naugawan is the 112th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 879 residents. Its 462.86 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1020.

Getting to Naugawan

Naugawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Naugawan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Naugawan from other places

Naugawan lies about 134 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Deori, about 4.1 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 Naugawan
Nearest railway station Deori 4.1 km
Nearest town Panāgar 6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaitpur 30 km
District headquarters Shahdol 134 km

Villages closest to Naugawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Naugawan village had a population of 552. That makes it the 112th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 879 residents.

Naugawan village has 265 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naugawan has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Naugawan covers 462.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Naugawan falls under Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Naugawan is Deori, about 4.1 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 village for Naugawan.

Naugawan is about 134 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naugawan is in Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district. Deori is about 4.1 km away. Panāgar is about 6.0 km away. Jaitpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhatai (8.3 km), Ghun Ghuta (11 km) and Dhakhar (12 km).

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

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