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About Naugaon Village

Naugaon is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 50, made up of 24 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naugaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naugaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Karnaprayag
Pincode 246429
Area (hectares) 24.93 hectares
Population 50
Male Population 24
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Naugaon compares

By the 2011 count Naugaon is the 166th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 24.93 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Naugaon

Naugaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Naugaon as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Naugaon from other places

Naugaon lies about 29 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 79 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 Naugaon
Tehsil headquarters Karnaprayag 12 km
District headquarters Chamoli 29 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 30 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 79 km

Villages closest to Naugaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Naugaon village had a population of 50. That makes it the 166th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Naugaon village has 24 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naugaon has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Naugaon is 246429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Naugaon covers 24.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Naugaon falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Naugaon is Kotdwara, about 79 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Naugaon.

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

Naugaon is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 12 km away. Chamoli is about 29 km away. Srīnagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mulyagaon (under 2 km), Baratoli (under 2 km) and Dada Dhamdhama (under 2 km).

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

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