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About Amwa Village

Amwa is a mid sized village in Kuchaikote tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 248 males and 268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares.

Amwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Kuchaikote
Area (hectares) 106 hectares
Population 516
Male Population 248
Female Population 268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,081
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Amwa compares

By the 2011 count Amwa is the 170th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Amwa

Amwa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Amwa 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amwa from other places

Amwa lies about 5.3 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Narkatia Bazar, about 3.4 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 Amwa
Nearest railway station Narkatia Bazar 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuchaikote 5.3 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 5.3 km
Nearest town Gopālganj 5.3 km

Villages closest to Amwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amwa village had a population of 516. That makes it the 170th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents.

Amwa village has 248 males and 268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amwa has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Amwa covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amwa falls under Kuchaikote tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Amwa is Narkatia Bazar, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Amwa is about 5.3 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amwa is in Kuchaikote tehsil of Gopalganj district. Narkatia Bazar is about 3.4 km away. Kuchaikote is about 5.3 km away. Gopalganj is about 5.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baidauli (under 2 km), Burhi (1.6 km) and Dalea (1.9 km).

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

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