Ambikapur Tehsil - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Ambikapur is an administrative tehsil in the Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Ambikapur is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Ambikapur, while the nearest airport is Jharsuguda Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 123.3 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 733 km², including 692.37 km² rural area and 40.17 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 958 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Ambikapur Tehsil

Ambikapur Tehsil has a total of 85 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.Village NameCategoryGram Panchayat
1AjirmaRuralAjirma
2AmbikapurUrbanNot applicable
3AsolaRuralAsola
4Badani JhariaRuralChathirma
5Badhiya ChuwanRuralBadhiyachuwa
6BakirmaRuralBakirma
7BakmerRuralBardhodhi
8Bakna KhurdRuralBaknakhurd
9BalsediRuralBalsedi
10BankipurRuralBankipur
11BardhodhiRuralBardhodhi
12BhafauliRuralBhafauli
13Bhagwanpur (Og)UrbanNot applicable
14Bhagwanpur KhurdRuralBhawanpur Khurd
15BhakuraRuralBhakura
16Bhitthi KalanRuralBhithikala
17Bhitthi KhurdRuralBhitthikhurd
18BishunpurRuralBishunpurkhurd
19BishunpurUrbanNot applicable
20ChathirmaRuralChathirma
21ChikhladihRuralNarmada Para
22ChitabaharRuralChtabahar
23DeogarhRuralDevgarh
24DhangawanRuralSapna
25DigmaRuralDigma
26FattepurRuralFatehpur
27FundurdihariUrbanNot applicable
28Gangapur KhurdUrbanNot applicable
29GhanghariRuralGhanghari
30HansuliRuralKarmha
31Harra TikraRuralHarratikra
32IndarpurRuralChtabahar
33JagdishpurRuralJagdishpur
34JhumarparaRuralThore
35JogibandhRuralJogibandh
36KalaparaRuralSukhari
37KanchanpurRuralKanchanpur
38Kanti PrakashpurRuralKantiprakashpur
39KarmhaRuralKarmha
40Kera KachharRuralJogibandh
41KeshopurRuralKeshavpur
42KhairwarRuralKherbar
43KhaliwaRuralKhaliba
44KishunnagarRuralKishunnagar
45KoldihaRuralKoladiha
46KrishanapurRuralMudesa
47KulhadiRuralKulhadi
48LabjiRuralLabji
49LakshamipurUrbanNot applicable
50MajhaparaRuralMajhapara
51Malgawan KhurdRuralMalgawakhurd
52Manik Prakashpur Alias KhukhariRuralManikprakashpur
53ManipurUrbanNot applicable
54MayapurUrbanNot applicable
55Mendra KalanRuralMendrakala
56Mendra KhurdRuralMendra Khurd
57MudesaRuralMudesa
58NamnakalaUrbanNot applicable
59NarbadaparaRuralNarmada Para
60NawabandhRuralNawabandh
61Nawagarh (Og)UrbanNot applicable
62Nehru NagarRuralDigma
63PachpandiUrbanNot applicable
64ParsaRuralParsa
65Pondi KhurdRuralPondikhurd
66Rajpuri KhurdRuralRajpurkhurd
67RamnagarRuralMalgawakhurd
68RampurRuralRampur
69Ranpur KalanRuralRanpurkala
70Ranpur KhurdRuralRanpurkhurd
71RukhpurRuralGhanghari
72SadwarRuralHarratikra
73SakaloRuralSakalo
74SapnaRuralSapna
75SaraitikraRuralSaraitikara
76SargawanRuralSargawa
77ShrigarhRuralShrigarh
78Shubhashnagar (Og)UrbanNot applicable
79Sonpur KalanRuralSonpurkala
80Sonpur KhurdRuralSukhari
81SukhariRuralSukhari
82SundarpurRuralSundarpur
83ThakurpurRuralThakurpur
84ThorRuralThore
85Udaipur DhobRuralUdaypurdhab

Population of Ambikapur Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Ambikapur Tehsil has a total population of 2,79,717 people, consisting of 1,42,833 males and 1,36,884 females. There are 60,392 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 382 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

CategoryTotalRuralUrban
Total Population2,79,7171,58,6461,21,071
Male Population1,42,83380,05762,776
Female Population1,36,88478,58958,295
Total Households60,39236,31224,080
Population Density382 / km²229 / km²3,014 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 1,71,799 literate people and 38,150 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 13,191 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 1,10,407 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

CategoryTotalRuralUrban
Child Population (Age 0–6)38,15023,52114,629
Literate Population1,71,79978,31093,489
Illiterate Population1,07,91880,33627,582
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population13,1917,8075,384
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population1,10,40786,49523,912

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.