About Amera Village

Amera is a mid sized village in Shankargarh tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 513, made up of 261 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1390.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amera village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Shankargarh
Pincode	497118
Area (hectares)	1390.93 hectares
Population	513
Male Population	261
Female Population	252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amera compares

By the 2011 count Amera is the 66th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 1390.93 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 a little below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Amera

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

Amera lies about 84 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 43 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 Amera
Tehsil headquarters	Shankargarh	34 km
Nearest railway station	Barwadih Junction	43 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	62 km
District headquarters	Surguja	84 km

Villages closest to Amera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amera village had a population of 513. That makes it the 66th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Amera village has 261 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amera has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Amera is 497118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amera covers 1390.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amera falls under Shankargarh tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amera is Barwadih Junction, about 43 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 Amera.

Amera is about 84 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amera is in Shankargarh tehsil of Surguja district. Shankargarh is about 34 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 43 km away. Medininagar is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.