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About Neknal Village

Neknal is a mid sized village in Deoni tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,404, made up of 702 males and 702 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413519, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Neknal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Neknal village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Latur
Tehsil Deoni
Pincode 413519
Area (hectares) 496.57 hectares
Population 1,404
Male Population 702
Female Population 702
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Neknal compares

By the 2011 count Neknal is the 27th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,841 residents. Its 496.57 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Neknal

Neknal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Neknal as Available within village. 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 Neknal from other places

Neknal lies about 51 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Kamalnagar, about 16 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 Neknal
Tehsil headquarters Deoni 5.3 km
Nearest railway station Kamalnagar 16 km
Nearest town Udgīr 17 km
District headquarters Latur 51 km

Villages closest to Neknal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Neknal village had a population of 1,404. That makes it the 27th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,841 residents.

Neknal village has 702 males and 702 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Neknal has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Neknal is 413519. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Neknal covers 496.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Neknal falls under Deoni tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Neknal is Kamalnagar, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Neknal.

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

Neknal is in Deoni tehsil of Latur district. Deoni is about 5.3 km away. Kamalnagar is about 16 km away. Udgīr is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vilegaon (2.5 km), Kamaroddinpur (3.3 km) and Kamalwadi (4.3 km).

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

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