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About Amguri Village

Amguri is a small village in Sidli tehsil, in the district of Bongaigaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 242 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.95 hectares hectares.

Amguri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amguri village
Description Value
State Assam
District Bongaigaon
Tehsil Sidli
Area (hectares) 161.95 hectares
Population 479
Male Population 242
Female Population 237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Amguri compares

By the 2011 count Amguri is the 130th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents. Its 161.95 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Amguri

Amguri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amguri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amguri from other places

Amguri lies about 36 km from Bongaigaon, and the nearest railway station is Salakati, about 23 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 Amguri
Nearest railway station Salakati 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Sidli 24 km
Nearest town Kokrajhar 25 km
District headquarters Bongaigaon 36 km

Villages closest to Amguri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amguri village had a population of 479. That makes it the 130th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents.

Amguri village has 242 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amguri has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

Amguri covers 161.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amguri falls under Sidli tehsil of Bongaigaon district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Amguri is Salakati, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Amguri.

Amguri is about 36 km from Bongaigaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amguri is in Sidli tehsil of Bongaigaon district. Salakati is about 23 km away. Sidli is about 24 km away. Kokrajhar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amguri Ii (under 2 km), Amguri No 1 (under 2 km) and Dakhin Amguri (under 2 km).

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

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