About Amjhar Village

Amjhar is a mid sized village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,281, made up of 635 males and 646 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 327.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amjhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amjhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Sarangarh
Pincode	496551
Area (hectares)	327.58 hectares
Population	1,281
Male Population	635
Female Population	646
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amjhar compares

By the 2011 count Amjhar is the 39th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 327.58 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Amjhar

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

Amjhar lies about 10 km from Sarangarh, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 38 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 Amjhar
Tehsil headquarters	Sarangarh	10 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	37 km
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	38 km

Villages closest to Amjhar

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.

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Common questions about Amjhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Amjhar village had a population of 1,281. That makes it the 39th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Amjhar village has 635 males and 646 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amjhar has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Amjhar is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amjhar covers 327.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amjhar falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amjhar is Raigarh, about 38 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 Amjhar.

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

Amjhar is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 10 km away. Saraipali is about 37 km away. Raigarh is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.