About Amra Village

Amra is a mid sized village in Sonhat tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 608, made up of 311 males and 297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491888, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Sonhat
Pincode	491888
Area (hectares)	241.46 hectares
Population	608
Male Population	311
Female Population	297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amra compares

By the 2011 count Amra is the 23rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 241.46 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 972.

Getting to Amra

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

Amra lies about 25 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Nagar, 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 Amra
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhat	13 km
Nearest railway station	Nagar	15 km
Nearest town	Shivpur Charcha	17 km
District headquarters	Koriya	25 km

Villages closest to Amra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amra village had a population of 608. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Amra village has 311 males and 297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amra has about 955 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 972.

The pincode recorded for Amra is 491888. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amra covers 241.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amra falls under Sonhat tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amra is Nagar, 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 Amra.

Amra is about 25 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amra is in Sonhat tehsil of Koriya district. Sonhat is about 13 km away. Nagar is about 15 km away. Shivpur Charcha is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.