About Nawagaon Village

Nawagaon is a mid sized village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 575, made up of 304 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nawagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawagaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Dunda
Pincode	249152
Area (hectares)	110.47 hectares
Population	575
Male Population	304
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nawagaon compares

By the 2011 count Nawagaon is the 28th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 110.47 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 1031.

Getting to Nawagaon

Nawagaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nawagaon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Nawagaon from other places

Nawagaon lies about 43 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 21 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 Nawagaon
Tehsil headquarters	Dunda	10 km
Nearest town	Tehri	19 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	21 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	43 km

Villages closest to Nawagaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawagaon village had a population of 575. That makes it the 28th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Nawagaon village has 304 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawagaon has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Nawagaon is 249152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nawagaon covers 110.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nawagaon falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Nawagaon is Harrawala, about 21 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 village for Nawagaon.

Nawagaon is about 43 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawagaon is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Dunda is about 10 km away. Tehri is about 19 km away. Harrawala is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.