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About Naugaon Village

Naugaon is a mid sized village in Bhatwari tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 517, made up of 277 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 367.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249193, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naugaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naugaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Bhatwari
Pincode 249193
Area (hectares) 367.51 hectares
Population 517
Male Population 277
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
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 39th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 578 residents. Its 367.51 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 966.

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 3.9 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 64 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
District headquarters Uttarkashi 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhatwari 16 km
Nearest town Tehri 41 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 64 km

Villages closest to Naugaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhatwari 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 517. That makes it the 39th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 578 residents.

Naugaon village has 277 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naugaon has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Naugaon is 249193. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Naugaon covers 367.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Naugaon falls under Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Naugaon is Dehradun, about 64 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 3.9 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naugaon is in Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 3.9 km away. Bhatwari is about 16 km away. Tehri is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nalda Urf Bodhar (under 2 km), Bagyal Gaon (1.6 km) and Sald Urph Maja Gaon (1.6 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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