Ambagarh Chowki

Ambagarh Chowki is located at the banks of Shivnath River (or Sheonath river). It is approximately 123.6 km (76.8 mi) from the capital of the state (Raipur) via NH 53 and approximately 51.2 km (31.8 mi) from the previous district Rajnandgaon. The town consist of many hillocks, on some of which temples were built. The commercial vegetation here consist of Mahua trees (Scientific name: Madhuca longifolia), and Tendu trees (Scientific name : Diospyros melanoxylon) whose leaves are picked by the people licensed by the government tenders, which is later used to make beedi.

As of 2011^[update] India census,^[2] Ambagarh Chowki had a population of 9889. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. In Ambagarh Chowki, Female Sex Ratio is 1039 against the state average of 991. Ambagarh Chowki has an average literacy rate of 87.2%, higher than the state average of 70.28%; with 93.16% of the males and 83.8% of females literate. 11.71% of the population is under 6 years of age. ^[3]