About Amba Village

Amba is a mid sized village in Kannad tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,393, made up of 730 males and 663 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 964.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amba village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Kannad
Pincode	431103
Area (hectares)	964.69 hectares
Population	1,393
Male Population	730
Female Population	663
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amba compares

By the 2011 count Amba is the 73rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,458 residents. Its 964.69 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Amba

Amba is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amba as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Amba from other places

Amba lies about 17 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Barkisalaiya, about 18 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 Amba
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kannad	17 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	17 km
Nearest railway station	Barkisalaiya	18 km

Villages closest to Amba

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

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Common questions about Amba

As per the Census of India 2011, Amba village had a population of 1,393. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,458 residents.

Amba village has 730 males and 663 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amba has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Amba is 431103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amba covers 964.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amba falls under Kannad tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Amba is Barkisalaiya, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Amba.

Amba is about 17 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amba is in Kannad tehsil of Aurangabad district. Nabīnagar is about 16 km away. Kannad is about 17 km away. Aurangabad is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.