About Amgaon Village

Amgaon is a large village in Jaijaipur tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,143, made up of 1,584 males and 1,559 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 954.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495690, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Jaijaipur
Pincode	495690
Area (hectares)	954.08 hectares
Population	3,143
Male Population	1,584
Female Population	1,559
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amgaon compares

By the 2011 count Amgaon is the 7th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents. Its 954.08 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

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 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 Amgaon from other places

Amgaon lies about 26 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 15 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	Jaijaipur	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Baradwar	15 km
Nearest town	Saktī	23 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	26 km

Villages closest to Amgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaijaipur 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 3,143. That makes it the 7th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents.

Amgaon village has 1,584 males and 1,559 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgaon has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Amgaon is 495690. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amgaon covers 954.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amgaon falls under Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amgaon is Baradwar, about 15 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 Amgaon.

Amgaon is about 26 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amgaon is in Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jaijaipur is about 5.2 km away. Baradwar is about 15 km away. Saktī is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.