About Amba Village

Amba is a small village in Kutumba tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 188 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.86 hectares hectares.

Amba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amba village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Kutumba
Area (hectares)	40.86 hectares
Population	349
Male Population	188
Female Population	161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amba compares

By the 2011 count Amba is the 161st largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,053 residents. Its 40.86 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Amba

Amba is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Amba as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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
Tehsil headquarters	Kutumba	5.4 km
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	16 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 Kutumba 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 349. That makes it the 161st largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,053 residents.

Amba village has 188 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amba has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Amba covers 40.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Amba falls under Kutumba 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 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 Kutumba tehsil of Aurangabad district. Kutumba is about 5.4 km away. Nabīnagar is about 16 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.