About Amawash Village

Amawash is a mid sized village in Mahasamund tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 727, made up of 393 males and 334 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amawash Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amawash village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Mahasamund
Pincode	494230
Area (hectares)	286.77 hectares
Population	727
Male Population	393
Female Population	334
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amawash compares

By the 2011 count Amawash is the 104th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 286.77 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Amawash

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

Amawash lies about 10 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Belsonda, about 8.0 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 Amawash
Nearest railway station	Belsonda	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mahasamund	10 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	10 km

Villages closest to Amawash

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amawash village had a population of 727. That makes it the 104th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Amawash village has 393 males and 334 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amawash has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Amawash is 494230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amawash covers 286.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amawash falls under Mahasamund tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amawash is Belsonda, about 8.0 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 Amawash.

Amawash is about 10 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amawash is in Mahasamund tehsil of Mahasamund district. Belsonda is about 8.0 km away. Mahasamund is about 10 km away. Mahāsamund is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.