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About Amguri Village

Amguri is a small village in Kokrajhar tehsil, in the district of Chirang, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 487, made up of 241 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 256.49 hectares hectares.

Amguri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amguri village
Description Value
State Assam
District Chirang
Tehsil Kokrajhar
Area (hectares) 256.49 hectares
Population 487
Male Population 241
Female Population 246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amguri compares

By the 2011 count Amguri is the 146th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 950 residents. Its 256.49 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

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 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 Amguri from other places

Amguri lies about 33 km from Chirang, 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 Kokrajhar 25 km
District headquarters Chirang 33 km

Villages closest to Amguri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kokrajhar 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 487. That makes it the 146th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 950 residents.

Amguri village has 241 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amguri has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Amguri covers 256.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amguri falls under Kokrajhar tehsil of Chirang 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 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Amguri.

Amguri is about 33 km from Chirang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amguri is in Kokrajhar tehsil of Chirang district. Salakati is about 23 km away. Kokrajhar is about 25 km away. Chirang is about 33 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 Forest Block (under 2 km), Bhog Amguri (under 2 km) and Dakhin Patgaon (5.9 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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