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About Amadula Village

Amadula is a small village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 131 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,137 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amadula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amadula village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 494222
Area (hectares) 145.8 hectares
Population 280
Male Population 131
Female Population 149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,137
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amadula compares

By the 2011 count Amadula is the 100th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 145.8 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Amadula

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

Amadula lies about 18 km from Bastar. 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 Amadula
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 18 km
District headquarters Bastar 18 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 30 km

Villages closest to Amadula

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amadula village had a population of 280. That makes it the 100th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Amadula village has 131 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amadula has about 1137 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Amadula is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amadula covers 145.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amadula falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Amadula notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Amadula.

Amadula is about 18 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amadula is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 18 km away. Bastar is about 18 km away. Jagdalpur 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 Tongkongera (1.6 km), Saunra (3.0 km) and Pathri (4.3 km).

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

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