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About Amgaon Village

Amgaon is a small village in Kasdol tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 475, made up of 230 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 918.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Kasdol
Pincode 493551
Area (hectares) 918.72 hectares
Population 475
Male Population 230
Female Population 245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,065
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amgaon compares

By the 2011 count Amgaon is the 120th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 929 residents. Its 918.72 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Amgaon

Amgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amgaon 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amgaon from other places

Amgaon lies about 82 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Bhimkhoj, about 32 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 Amgaon
Tehsil headquarters Kasdol 31 km
Nearest railway station Bhimkhoj 32 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 42 km
District headquarters Raipur 82 km

Villages closest to Amgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amgaon village had a population of 475. That makes it the 120th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 929 residents.

Amgaon village has 230 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgaon has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Amgaon is 493551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amgaon covers 918.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amgaon falls under Kasdol tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amgaon is Bhimkhoj, about 32 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 - 10 km distance for Amgaon.

Amgaon is about 82 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amgaon is in Kasdol tehsil of Raipur district. Kasdol is about 31 km away. Bhimkhoj is about 32 km away. Mahāsamund 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 Akaltara (2.3 km), Dheba (3.3 km) and Mohda (4.0 km).

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

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