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About Angara Village

Angara is a small village in Mohla tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 142, made up of 72 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491666, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Angara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Angara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Mohla
Pincode 491666
Area (hectares) 216.32 hectares
Population 142
Male Population 72
Female Population 70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 972
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Angara compares

By the 2011 count Angara is the 148th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 216.32 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1028.

Getting to Angara

Angara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Angara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Angara from other places

Angara lies about 23 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 19 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 Angara
Nearest railway station Bakal 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohla 23 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 23 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon 23 km

Villages closest to Angara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Angara village had a population of 142. That makes it the 148th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Angara village has 72 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Angara has about 972 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 1028.

The pincode recorded for Angara is 491666. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Angara covers 216.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Angara falls under Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Angara is Bakal, about 19 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 km distance for Angara.

Angara is about 23 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Angara is in Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bakal is about 19 km away. Mohla is about 23 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dangarh (under 2 km), Chandanbihari (3.2 km) and Pujaritola (3.2 km).

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

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