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About Amakoni Village

Amakoni is a small village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 244, made up of 132 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amakoni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amakoni village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Sarangarh
Pincode 493558
Area (hectares) 70.49 hectares
Population 244
Male Population 132
Female Population 112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 848
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amakoni compares

By the 2011 count Amakoni is the 213th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 70.49 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 1008.

Getting to Amakoni

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

Amakoni lies about 50 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kirodimal Nagar, about 49 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 Amakoni
Tehsil headquarters Sarangarh 4.2 km
Nearest town Saraipali 28 km
Nearest railway station Kirodimal Nagar 49 km
District headquarters Raigarh 50 km

Villages closest to Amakoni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amakoni village had a population of 244. That makes it the 213th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Amakoni village has 132 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amakoni has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Amakoni is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amakoni covers 70.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amakoni falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amakoni is Kirodimal Nagar, about 49 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 Amakoni.

Amakoni is about 50 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amakoni is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 4.2 km away. Saraipali is about 28 km away. Kirodimal Nagar is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ama Koni (under 2 km), Tilaipali (under 2 km) and Chanwarpur (2.0 km).

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

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