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About Achhoti Village

Achhoti is a mid sized village in Kurud tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,940, made up of 958 males and 982 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 742.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493663, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Achhoti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Achhoti village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dhamtari
Tehsil Kurud
Pincode 493663
Area (hectares) 742.58 hectares
Population 1,940
Male Population 958
Female Population 982
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Achhoti compares

By the 2011 count Achhoti is the 29th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents. Its 742.58 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Achhoti

Achhoti is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Achhoti as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Achhoti from other places

Achhoti lies about 29 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sirry, about 3.8 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 Achhoti
Nearest railway station Sirry 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kurud 9.4 km
Nearest town Nawāpāra 16 km
District headquarters Dhamtari 29 km

Villages closest to Achhoti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Achhoti village had a population of 1,940. That makes it the 29th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents.

Achhoti village has 958 males and 982 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Achhoti has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Achhoti is 493663. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Achhoti covers 742.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Achhoti falls under Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Achhoti is Sirry, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Achhoti.

Achhoti is about 29 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Achhoti is in Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district. Sirry is about 3.8 km away. Kurud is about 9.4 km away. Nawāpāra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aalekhuta (1.8 km), Atang (2.6 km) and Gatapar (3.1 km).

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

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