About Amgaon Village

Amgaon is a small village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 496, made up of 250 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491668
Area (hectares)	261.36 hectares
Population	496
Male Population	250
Female Population	246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amgaon compares

By the 2011 count Amgaon is the 163rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 261.36 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 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 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 Amgaon from other places

Amgaon lies about 32 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Musra, about 28 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	Chhuriya	19 km
Nearest railway station	Musra	28 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	30 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	32 km

Villages closest to Amgaon

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.

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Common questions about Amgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Amgaon village had a population of 496. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Amgaon village has 250 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgaon has about 984 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 Amgaon is 491668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amgaon covers 261.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amgaon falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amgaon is Musra, about 28 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 Amgaon.

Amgaon is about 32 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amgaon is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 19 km away. Musra is about 28 km away. Dongargarh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.