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About Amapali Village

Amapali is a small village in Kharsia tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 150 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,120 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amapali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amapali village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Kharsia
Pincode 493338
Area (hectares) 130.87 hectares
Population 318
Male Population 150
Female Population 168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,120
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amapali compares

By the 2011 count Amapali is the 124th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 130.87 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Amapali

Amapali is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amapali as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Amapali from other places

Amapali lies about 23 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Robertson, about 3.5 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 Amapali
Nearest railway station Robertson 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Kharsia 8.6 km
District headquarters Raigarh 23 km

Villages closest to Amapali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amapali village had a population of 318. That makes it the 124th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Amapali village has 150 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amapali has about 1120 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Amapali is 493338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amapali covers 130.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amapali falls under Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amapali is Robertson, about 3.5 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 10+ km distance for Amapali.

Amapali is about 23 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amapali is in Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district. Robertson is about 3.5 km away. Kharsia is about 8.6 km away. Raigarh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khairpali (under 2 km), Temtema (1.7 km) and Basnajhar (2.5 km).

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

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