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About Amethi Village

Amethi is a small village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 480, made up of 221 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,172 females per 1000 males. The village covers 316.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492014, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amethi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amethi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Bagbahra
Pincode 492014
Area (hectares) 316.41 hectares
Population 480
Male Population 221
Female Population 259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,172
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amethi compares

By the 2011 count Amethi is the 154th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 316.41 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Amethi

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

Amethi lies about 17 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Arand, about 12 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 Amethi
Nearest railway station Arand 12 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 17 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Bagbahra 19 km

Villages closest to Amethi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amethi village had a population of 480. That makes it the 154th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Amethi village has 221 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amethi has about 1172 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Amethi is 492014. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amethi covers 316.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amethi falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amethi is Arand, about 12 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 Amethi.

Amethi is about 17 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amethi is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Arand is about 12 km away. Mahasamund is about 17 km away. Mahāsamund is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tusda (under 2 km), Ghunchapali (1.7 km) and Dumarpali (1.9 km).

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

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