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About Amapenta Village

Amapenta is a small village in Konta tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 151, made up of 83 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amapenta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amapenta village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Konta
Pincode 494122
Area (hectares) 125 hectares
Population 151
Male Population 83
Female Population 68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 819
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amapenta compares

By the 2011 count Amapenta is the 172nd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 125 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1010.

Getting to Amapenta

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

Amapenta lies about 12 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 13 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 Amapenta
Tehsil headquarters Konta 12 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 12 km
Nearest railway station Kirandul 13 km
Nearest town Bacheli 14 km

Villages closest to Amapenta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amapenta village had a population of 151. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Amapenta village has 83 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amapenta has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Amapenta is 494122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amapenta covers 125 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amapenta falls under Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amapenta is Kirandul, about 13 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 Amapenta.

Amapenta is about 12 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amapenta is in Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Konta is about 12 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 12 km away. Kirandul is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Arlapenta (under 2 km), Dharma Penta (under 2 km) and Penta (under 2 km).

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

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