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About Nandanwan Village

Nandanwan is a large village in Kandhar tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,324, made up of 1,219 males and 1,105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 807 hectares hectares.

Nandanwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nandanwan village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Kandhar
Area (hectares) 807 hectares
Population 2,324
Male Population 1,219
Female Population 1,105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nandanwan compares

By the 2011 count Nandanwan is the 28th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,792 residents. Its 807 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Nandanwan

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

Nandanwan lies about 31 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Hazur Sahib Nanded, about 31 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 Nandanwan
Nearest town Kandahār 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Kandhar 31 km
District headquarters Nanded 31 km
Nearest railway station Hazur Sahib Nanded 31 km

Villages closest to Nandanwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nandanwan village had a population of 2,324. That makes it the 28th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,792 residents.

Nandanwan village has 1,219 males and 1,105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nandanwan has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Nandanwan covers 807 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nandanwan falls under Kandhar tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Nandanwan is Hazur Sahib Nanded, about 31 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 Nandanwan.

Nandanwan is about 31 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nandanwan is in Kandhar tehsil of Nanded district. Kandahār is about 13 km away. Kandhar is about 31 km away. Nanded is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sawleshwar (1.6 km), Aural (1.8 km) and Hisse Aural (1.8 km).

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

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