About Amwa Village

Amwa is a mid sized village in Paharpur tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,672, made up of 923 males and 749 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 197.9 hectares hectares.

Amwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Paharpur
Area (hectares)	197.9 hectares
Population	1,672
Male Population	923
Female Population	749
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	811
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amwa compares

By the 2011 count Amwa is the 30th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,403 residents. Its 197.9 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Amwa

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

Amwa lies about 132 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Patel Halt, about 12 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 town	Bikram	4.3 km
Nearest railway station	Patel Halt	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Paharpur	30 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	132 km

Villages closest to Amwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paharpur 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 1,672. That makes it the 30th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,403 residents.

Amwa village has 923 males and 749 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amwa has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 905.

Amwa covers 197.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Amwa is Patel Halt, about 12 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 village for Amwa.

Amwa is about 132 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 Paharpur tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Bikram is about 4.3 km away. Patel Halt is about 12 km away. Paharpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.