About Nilaj Village

Nilaj is a mid sized village in Parseoni tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,538, made up of 824 males and 714 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 490.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nilaj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nilaj village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nagpur
Tehsil	Parseoni
Pincode	441401
Area (hectares)	490.04 hectares
Population	1,538
Male Population	824
Female Population	714
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Nilaj compares

By the 2011 count Nilaj is the 14th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 895 residents. Its 490.04 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Nilaj

Nilaj is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nilaj as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Nilaj from other places

Nilaj lies about 21 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is Salwa, about 3.2 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 Nilaj
Nearest railway station	Salwa	3.2 km
Nearest town	Kanhān	4.5 km
District headquarters	Nagpur	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Parseoni	22 km

Villages closest to Nilaj

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

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Common questions about Nilaj

As per the Census of India 2011, Nilaj village had a population of 1,538. That makes it the 14th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 895 residents.

Nilaj village has 824 males and 714 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nilaj has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Nilaj is 441401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nilaj covers 490.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nilaj falls under Parseoni tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Nilaj is Salwa, about 3.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Nilaj.

Nilaj is about 21 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nilaj is in Parseoni tehsil of Nagpur district. Salwa is about 3.2 km away. Kanhān is about 4.5 km away. Nagpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.