About Agar Village

Agar is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,427, made up of 710 males and 717 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 601.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Agar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dhamdha
Pincode	491558
Area (hectares)	601.11 hectares
Population	1,427
Male Population	710
Female Population	717
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Agar compares

By the 2011 count Agar is the 44th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 601.11 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Agar

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

Agar lies about 36 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 34 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 Agar
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdha	12 km
Nearest town	Ahīwāra	26 km
Nearest railway station	Rasmara	34 km
District headquarters	Durg	36 km

Villages closest to Agar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Agar village had a population of 1,427. That makes it the 44th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Agar village has 710 males and 717 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agar has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Agar is 491558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Agar covers 601.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Agar falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Agar is Rasmara, about 34 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 village for Agar.

Agar is about 36 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Agar is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Dhamdha is about 12 km away. Ahīwāra is about 26 km away. Rasmara is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.