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About Amethi Village

Amethi is a mid sized village in Arang tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,365, made up of 699 males and 666 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 549.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amethi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amethi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Arang
Pincode 493441
Area (hectares) 549.66 hectares
Population 1,365
Male Population 699
Female Population 666
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 953
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Amethi compares

By the 2011 count Amethi is the 90th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 549.66 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

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 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 37 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Arang Mahanadi, about 6.2 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 Arang 4.7 km
Nearest railway station Arang Mahanadi 6.2 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 17 km
District headquarters Raipur 37 km

Villages closest to Amethi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arang 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 1,365. That makes it the 90th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Amethi village has 699 males and 666 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amethi has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Amethi is 493441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amethi covers 549.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amethi falls under Arang tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amethi is Arang Mahanadi, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Amethi.

Amethi is about 37 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amethi is in Arang tehsil of Raipur district. Arang is about 4.7 km away. Arang Mahanadi is about 6.2 km away. Mahāsamund is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gudguda (2.0 km), Khamtarai 1 (2.2 km) and Benidih (2.7 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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