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About Amethi Village

Amethi is a mid sized village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 617, made up of 292 males and 325 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amethi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amethi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Sarangarh
Pincode 496445
Area (hectares) 150.09 hectares
Population 617
Male Population 292
Female Population 325
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,113
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 128th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 150.09 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

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 44 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kirodimal Nagar, about 42 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
Tehsil headquarters Sarangarh 4.8 km
Nearest town Saraipali 34 km
Nearest railway station Kirodimal Nagar 42 km
District headquarters Raigarh 44 km

Villages closest to Amethi

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 Amethi

As per the Census of India 2011, Amethi village had a population of 617. That makes it the 128th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Amethi village has 292 males and 325 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amethi has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Amethi is 496445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amethi covers 150.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amethi falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amethi is Kirodimal Nagar, about 42 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 44 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amethi is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 4.8 km away. Saraipali is about 34 km away. Kirodimal Nagar is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saradih (under 2 km), Beltikri (under 2 km) and Jharpali (under 2 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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