About Amwa Village

Amwa is one of the larger villages in Ghorasahan tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,670, made up of 2,973 males and 2,697 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 466 hectares hectares.

Amwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Ghorasahan
Area (hectares)	466 hectares
Population	5,670
Male Population	2,973
Female Population	2,697
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Amwa compares

By the 2011 count Amwa is the 15th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 6,726 residents. Its 466 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Amwa

Amwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Amwa 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 5 - 10 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 22 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is ramgarhwa rack point, about 9.4 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	ramgarhwa rack point	9.4 km
Nearest town	Sagauli	16 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorasahan	25 km

Villages closest to Amwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amwa village had a population of 5,670. That makes it the 15th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,726 residents.

Amwa village has 2,973 males and 2,697 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amwa has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 895.

Amwa covers 466 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Amwa falls under Ghorasahan tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Amwa is ramgarhwa rack point, about 9.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Amwa.

Amwa is about 22 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amwa is in Ghorasahan tehsil of Purba Champaran district. ramgarhwa rack point is about 9.4 km away. Sagauli is about 16 km away. Purba Champaran is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.