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About Amarhi Village

Amarhi is a mid sized village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,318, made up of 700 males and 618 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165 hectares hectares.

Amarhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amarhi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Rajpur
Area (hectares) 165 hectares
Population 1,318
Male Population 700
Female Population 618
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amarhi compares

By the 2011 count Amarhi is the 23rd largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,089 residents. Its 165 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Amarhi

Amarhi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Amarhi 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amarhi from other places

Amarhi lies about 85 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Barakalan, 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 Amarhi
Tehsil headquarters Rajpur 2.0 km
Nearest railway station Barakalan 12 km
Nearest town Buxar 23 km
District headquarters Rohtas 85 km

Villages closest to Amarhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amarhi village had a population of 1,318. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,089 residents.

Amarhi village has 700 males and 618 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amarhi has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Amarhi covers 165 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Amarhi falls under Rajpur tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Amarhi is Barakalan, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Amarhi.

Amarhi is about 85 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amarhi is in Rajpur tehsil of Rohtas district. Rajpur is about 2.0 km away. Barakalan is about 12 km away. Buxar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajpur (2.0 km), Dehri (7.5 km) and Barana (9.3 km).

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

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