About Nilaj Village

Nilaj is a small village in Kalamb tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 330, made up of 174 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283.98 hectares hectares.

Nilaj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nilaj village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Kalamb
Area (hectares)	283.98 hectares
Population	330
Male Population	174
Female Population	156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nilaj compares

By the 2011 count Nilaj is the 85th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 839 residents. Its 283.98 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 957.

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 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 Nilaj from other places

Nilaj lies about 24 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Yavatmal 1, about 25 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
Tehsil headquarters	Kalamb	4.6 km
District headquarters	Yavatmal	24 km
Nearest town	Yavatmāl	24 km
Nearest railway station	Yavatmal 1	25 km

Villages closest to Nilaj

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalamb 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 330. That makes it the 85th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 839 residents.

Nilaj village has 174 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nilaj has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Nilaj covers 283.98 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.

Nilaj falls under Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Nilaj is Yavatmal 1, about 25 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 Nilaj.

Nilaj is about 24 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nilaj is in Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district. Kalamb is about 4.6 km away. Yavatmal is about 24 km away. Yavatmāl is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.