About Amgaon Village

Amgaon is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 579, made up of 280 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 459 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497448, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	497448
Area (hectares)	459 hectares
Population	579
Male Population	280
Female Population	299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amgaon compares

By the 2011 count Amgaon is the 65th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 459 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Amgaon

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

Amgaon lies about 86 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 44 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 Amgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	19 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	26 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	44 km
District headquarters	Bastar	86 km

Villages closest to Amgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amgaon village had a population of 579. That makes it the 65th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Amgaon village has 280 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgaon has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Amgaon is 497448. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amgaon covers 459 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amgaon falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amgaon is Antagarh, about 44 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Amgaon.

Amgaon is about 86 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amgaon is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 19 km away. Nārāinpur is about 26 km away. Antagarh is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.