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About Amgaon Village

Amgaon is a small village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 380, made up of 190 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 499.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, 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 Kondagaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 499.89 hectares
Population 380
Male Population 190
Female Population 190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 128th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 499.89 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1046.

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
Nearest town Nārāinpur 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Kondagaon 34 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 Kondagaon 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 Amgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Amgaon village had a population of 380. That makes it the 128th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Amgaon village has 190 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgaon has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Amgaon is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amgaon covers 499.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amgaon falls under Kondagaon 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 Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Nārāinpur is about 26 km away. Kondagaon is about 34 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.

The closest recorded villages are Madagaon (3.8 km), Botha Urf Kariyakata (4.3 km) and Adwal (6.6 km).

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

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