About Amka Village

Amka is a mid sized village in Khadganva tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 814, made up of 403 males and 411 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 310.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494447, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Khadganva
Pincode	494447
Area (hectares)	310.38 hectares
Population	814
Male Population	403
Female Population	411
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amka compares

By the 2011 count Amka is the 62nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents. Its 310.38 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 994.

Getting to Amka

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

Amka lies about 27 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Chirmiri, about 25 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 Amka
Nearest railway station	Chirmiri	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khadganva	27 km
District headquarters	Koriya	27 km
Nearest town	Baikunthpur	30 km

Villages closest to Amka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amka village had a population of 814. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents.

Amka village has 403 males and 411 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amka has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Amka is 494447. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amka covers 310.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amka falls under Khadganva tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amka is Chirmiri, about 25 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 Amka.

Amka is about 27 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amka is in Khadganva tehsil of Koriya district. Chirmiri is about 25 km away. Khadganva is about 27 km away. Koriya is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.