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About Amaguhan Village

Amaguhan is a small village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 459, made up of 220 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amaguhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amaguhan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 494635
Area (hectares) 461.81 hectares
Population 459
Male Population 220
Female Population 239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,086
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amaguhan compares

By the 2011 count Amaguhan is the 62nd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 461.81 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Amaguhan

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

Amaguhan lies about 34 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 17 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 Amaguhan
Nearest railway station Bhanupratappur 17 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Durgkondal 34 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 34 km

Villages closest to Amaguhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amaguhan village had a population of 459. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Amaguhan village has 220 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amaguhan has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Amaguhan is 494635. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amaguhan covers 461.81 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.

Amaguhan falls under Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Amaguhan is Bhanupratappur, about 17 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 Amaguhan.

Amaguhan is about 34 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amaguhan is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Bhanupratappur is about 17 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 31 km away. Durgkondal is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kodakhurri (under 2 km), Bhelwapani (2.3 km) and Jharripara (2.6 km).

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

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