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About Anchhi Village

Anchhi is a mid sized village in Kawardha tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 543, made up of 270 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anchhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anchhi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Kawardha
Pincode 491336
Area (hectares) 236.13 hectares
Population 543
Male Population 270
Female Population 273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anchhi compares

By the 2011 count Anchhi is the 129th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 236.13 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1001.

Getting to Anchhi

Anchhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anchhi 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Anchhi from other places

Anchhi lies about 13 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 66 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 Anchhi
District headquarters Kabeerdham 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Kawardha 16 km
Nearest railway station Hathbandh 66 km

Villages closest to Anchhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anchhi village had a population of 543. That makes it the 129th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Anchhi village has 270 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anchhi has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Anchhi is 491336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anchhi covers 236.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anchhi falls under Kawardha tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Anchhi is Hathbandh, about 66 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 - 10 km distance for Anchhi.

Anchhi is about 13 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anchhi is in Kawardha tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Kabeerdham is about 13 km away. Kawardha is about 16 km away. Hathbandh is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koko (under 2 km), Baijalpur (under 2 km) and Bano (under 2 km).

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

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