About Achholi Village

Achholi is a large village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,169, made up of 1,070 males and 1,099 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 430.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Achholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Achholi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	430.74 hectares
Population	2,169
Male Population	1,070
Female Population	1,099
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Achholi compares

By the 2011 count Achholi is the 9th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 430.74 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 1017.

Getting to Achholi

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

Achholi lies about 27 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Dongargarh, about 2.8 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 Achholi
Nearest railway station	Dongargarh	2.8 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	27 km

Villages closest to Achholi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Achholi village had a population of 2,169. That makes it the 9th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Achholi village has 1,070 males and 1,099 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Achholi has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Achholi is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Achholi covers 430.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Achholi falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Achholi is Dongargarh, about 2.8 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 village for Achholi.

Achholi is about 27 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Achholi is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargarh is about 2.8 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.