About Ambala Village

Ambala is a mid sized village in Jodiya tehsil, in the district of Jamnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 646, made up of 336 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1391.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 363655, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ambala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ambala village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Jamnagar
Tehsil	Jodiya
Pincode	363655
Area (hectares)	1391.13 hectares
Population	646
Male Population	336
Female Population	310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ambala compares

By the 2011 count Ambala is the 40th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,652 residents. Its 1391.13 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Ambala

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

Ambala lies about 59 km from Jamnagar, and the nearest railway station is Lavanpur, about 19 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 Ambala
Nearest railway station	Lavanpur	19 km
Nearest town	Dhrol	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jodiya	27 km
District headquarters	Jamnagar	59 km

Villages closest to Ambala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ambala village had a population of 646. That makes it the 40th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,652 residents.

Ambala village has 336 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ambala has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Ambala is 363655. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ambala covers 1391.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ambala falls under Jodiya tehsil of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Ambala is Lavanpur, about 19 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 10+ km distance for Ambala.

Ambala is about 59 km from Jamnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ambala is in Jodiya tehsil of Jamnagar district. Lavanpur is about 19 km away. Dhrol is about 26 km away. Jodiya is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.