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About Amakatta Village

Amakatta is a small village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 343, made up of 173 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amakatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amakatta village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491661
Area (hectares) 335.95 hectares
Population 343
Male Population 173
Female Population 170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 983
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amakatta compares

By the 2011 count Amakatta is the 184th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 335.95 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Amakatta

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

Amakatta lies about 28 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Dongargarh, about 5.6 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 Amakatta
Nearest railway station Dongargarh 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 20 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 28 km

Villages closest to Amakatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amakatta village had a population of 343. That makes it the 184th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Amakatta village has 173 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amakatta has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Amakatta is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amakatta covers 335.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amakatta falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amakatta is Dongargarh, about 5.6 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 Amakatta.

Amakatta is about 28 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amakatta is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargarh is about 5.6 km away. Chhuriya is about 20 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manikpur (4.0 km), Motipur (5.0 km) and Janakpur (7.7 km).

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

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