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About Dhonga Amba Village

Dhonga Amba is a small village in Kunkuri tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 343, made up of 184 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 197.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhonga Amba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhonga Amba village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Jashpur
Tehsil Kunkuri
Pincode 496225
Area (hectares) 197.89 hectares
Population 343
Male Population 184
Female Population 159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhonga Amba compares

By the 2011 count Dhonga Amba is the 82nd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 905 residents. Its 197.89 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 995.

Getting to Dhonga Amba

Dhonga Amba is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhonga Amba as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Dhonga Amba from other places

Dhonga Amba lies about 29 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Garposh, about 77 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 Dhonga Amba
Tehsil headquarters Kunkuri 6.8 km
District headquarters Jashpur 29 km
Nearest town Jashpur Nagar 29 km
Nearest railway station Garposh 77 km

Villages closest to Dhonga Amba

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kunkuri 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 Dhonga Amba

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhonga Amba village had a population of 343. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 905 residents.

Dhonga Amba village has 184 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhonga Amba has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Dhonga Amba is 496225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhonga Amba covers 197.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhonga Amba falls under Kunkuri tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhonga Amba is Garposh, about 77 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 <5 km distance for Dhonga Amba.

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

Dhonga Amba is in Kunkuri tehsil of Jashpur district. Kunkuri is about 6.8 km away. Jashpur is about 29 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kunkuri (6.8 km), Chatakpur (9.1 km) and Kandora (9.9 km).

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

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