About Amwa Village

Amwa is a large village in Turkaulia tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,506, made up of 1,301 males and 1,205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845437, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Turkaulia
Pincode	845437
Area (hectares)	221.4 hectares
Population	2,506
Male Population	1,301
Female Population	1,205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amwa compares

By the 2011 count Amwa is the 20th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 5,466 residents. Its 221.4 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 916.

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 10+ km distance. 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 73 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Panchdeori Halt, about 14 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	Kataiya	11 km
Nearest railway station	Panchdeori Halt	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Turkaulia	16 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	73 km

Villages closest to Amwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Turkaulia 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 2,506. That makes it the 20th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,466 residents.

Amwa village has 1,301 males and 1,205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amwa has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 916.

The pincode recorded for Amwa is 845437. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amwa covers 221.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Amwa is Panchdeori Halt, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Amwa.

Amwa is about 73 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 Turkaulia tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Kataiya is about 11 km away. Panchdeori Halt is about 14 km away. Turkaulia is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.