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About Anga Village

Anga is a mid sized village in Baikunthpur tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 724, made up of 342 males and 382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,117 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anga village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Koriya
Tehsil Baikunthpur
Pincode 497331
Area (hectares) 237.7 hectares
Population 724
Male Population 342
Female Population 382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,117
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Anga compares

By the 2011 count Anga is the 63rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents. Its 237.7 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Anga

Anga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anga as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Anga from other places

Anga lies about 30 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Chirmiri, about 33 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 Anga
District headquarters Koriya 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Baikunthpur 31 km
Nearest railway station Chirmiri 33 km

Villages closest to Anga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anga village had a population of 724. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents.

Anga village has 342 males and 382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anga has about 1117 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Anga is 497331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anga covers 237.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anga falls under Baikunthpur tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Anga is Chirmiri, about 33 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Anga.

Anga is about 30 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anga is in Baikunthpur tehsil of Koriya district. Koriya is about 30 km away. Baikunthpur is about 31 km away. Chirmiri is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahora (2.3 km), Kot (3.3 km) and Dabripara (6.1 km).

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

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