About Amarpur Village

Amarpur is a small village in Ariari tehsil, in the district of Sheikhpura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 295, made up of 158 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.09 hectares hectares.

Amarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amarpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Sheikhpura
Tehsil	Ariari
Area (hectares)	85.09 hectares
Population	295
Male Population	158
Female Population	137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Amarpur compares

By the 2011 count Amarpur is the 57th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,864 residents. Its 85.09 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Amarpur

Amarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Amarpur as Available within 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 Amarpur from other places

Amarpur lies about 7.3 km from Sheikhpura, and the nearest railway station is Kusumha Bihar, about 3.8 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 Amarpur
Nearest railway station	Kusumha Bihar	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ariari	6.5 km
District headquarters	Sheikhpura	7.3 km

Villages closest to Amarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amarpur village had a population of 295. That makes it the 57th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,864 residents.

Amarpur village has 158 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amarpur has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Amarpur covers 85.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amarpur falls under Ariari tehsil of Sheikhpura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Amarpur is Kusumha Bihar, about 3.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Amarpur.

Amarpur is about 7.3 km from Sheikhpura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amarpur is in Ariari tehsil of Sheikhpura district. Kusumha Bihar is about 3.8 km away. Ariari is about 6.5 km away. Sheikhpura is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.