# Amgaon Village, Chaurai, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Chaurai, Chhindwara 

# Amgaon

Amgaon is a village in Chaurai sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **826 people in 167 households**, the 94th largest of 184 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 826people (2011)
- 167households
- 69.6%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Amgaon PIN code and other codes

Amgaon falls in Chaurai sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockChaurai
- Census village code494402

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Amgaon from nearby towns?

- Chaurai (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)48 km by road
- Chaurai Khas (nearest town)25 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Amgaon?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Amgaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Amgaon known for?

About 73% of the 611 hectares of village land is sown, and 136 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Amgaon

Of every 100 households in Amgaon in 2011, 66 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Amgaon · ■ Chaurai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**88%

Tap water ****77%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****47%**

**36%

Television ****47%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**46%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Amgaon?

■ Amgaon · ■ Chaurai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**941

Working population ****37.5%**

**48.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 64.2% for women. 54% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 124 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 152 (49%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 19 (6%) · **■** Marginal 11 (4%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chaurai

- Jhiriya832 people
- Khatkar832 people
- Pindrai Saraf829 people
- Khairi Rani828 people
- Dhanora824 people
- Khapa Bihari822 people
- Jamuniya819 people
- Karlai816 people

[All 190 villages in Chaurai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/chaurai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amgaon from Chhindwara?48 km by road
- What is the population of Amgaon?826 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amgaon in?Chhindwara district (Chaurai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Amgaon?69.6% (Census 2011)