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About Amgaon Village

Amgaon is a mid sized village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,172, made up of 588 males and 584 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.69 hectares hectares.

Amgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amgaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Kirnapur
Area (hectares) 272.69 hectares
Population 1,172
Male Population 588
Female Population 584
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 993
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amgaon compares

By the 2011 count Amgaon is the 71st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 272.69 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

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 within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 24 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Khara, about 13 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 Kirnapur 2.2 km
Nearest railway station Khara 13 km
District headquarters Balaghat 24 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 24 km

Villages closest to Amgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amgaon village had a population of 1,172. That makes it the 71st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Amgaon village has 588 males and 584 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgaon has about 993 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 1024.

Amgaon covers 272.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amgaon falls under Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amgaon is Khara, about 13 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Amgaon.

Amgaon is about 24 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amgaon is in Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Kirnapur is about 2.2 km away. Khara is about 13 km away. Balaghat is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pala (1.6 km), Seoni (1.6 km) and Kotari (1.8 km).

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

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