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About Amwari Village

Amwari is a small village in Surajgarha tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 111 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 730 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.93 hectares hectares.

Amwari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amwari village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Lakhisarai
Tehsil Surajgarha
Area (hectares) 135.93 hectares
Population 192
Male Population 111
Female Population 81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 730
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Amwari compares

By the 2011 count Amwari is the 94th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents. Its 135.93 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Amwari

Amwari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Amwari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Amwari from other places

Amwari lies about 36 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Dasharathpur, about 2.8 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 Amwari
Nearest railway station Dasharathpur 2.8 km
Nearest town Jamālpur 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Surajgarha 22 km
District headquarters Lakhisarai 36 km

Villages closest to Amwari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amwari village had a population of 192. That makes it the 94th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents.

Amwari village has 111 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amwari has about 730 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 887.

Amwari covers 135.93 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.

Amwari falls under Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Amwari is Dasharathpur, about 2.8 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 10+ km distance for Amwari.

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

Amwari is in Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district. Dasharathpur is about 2.8 km away. Jamālpur is about 8.3 km away. Surajgarha is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basauni (6.7 km), Kesopur (7.6 km) and Khudiban (8.5 km).

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

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