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About Nerla Village

Nerla is a mid sized village in Mauda tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,615, made up of 852 males and 763 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 917.7 hectares hectares.

Nerla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nerla village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nagpur
Tehsil Mauda
Area (hectares) 917.7 hectares
Population 1,615
Male Population 852
Female Population 763
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Nerla compares

By the 2011 count Nerla is the 17th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents. Its 917.7 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 937.

Getting to Nerla

Nerla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nerla 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nerla from other places

Nerla lies about 29 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is Kuhi, about 7.2 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 Nerla
Nearest railway station Kuhi 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mauda 9.6 km
Nearest town Kanhān 21 km
District headquarters Nagpur 29 km

Villages closest to Nerla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nerla village had a population of 1,615. That makes it the 17th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents.

Nerla village has 852 males and 763 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nerla has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Nerla covers 917.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nerla falls under Mauda tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Nerla is Kuhi, about 7.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Nerla is about 29 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nerla is in Mauda tehsil of Nagpur district. Kuhi is about 7.2 km away. Mauda is about 9.6 km away. Kanhān is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Borgaon (5.1 km), Mathani (8.7 km) and Wanjra (8.7 km).

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

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