About Ambala Village

Ambala is a mid sized village in Mendarda tehsil, in the district of Junagadh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,715, made up of 906 males and 809 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1492.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 362260, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ambala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ambala village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Junagadh
Tehsil	Mendarda
Pincode	362260
Area (hectares)	1492.52 hectares
Population	1,715
Male Population	906
Female Population	809
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
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 11th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 1492.52 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

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 13 km from Junagadh, and the nearest railway station is Shapur Junction, 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 Ambala
Nearest railway station	Shapur Junction	12 km
District headquarters	Junagadh	13 km
Nearest town	Jūnāgadh	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mendarda	30 km

Villages closest to Ambala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mendarda 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 1,715. That makes it the 11th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Ambala village has 906 males and 809 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ambala has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Ambala is 362260. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ambala covers 1492.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ambala falls under Mendarda tehsil of Junagadh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Ambala is Shapur Junction, 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 10+ km distance for Ambala.

Ambala is about 13 km from Junagadh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ambala is in Mendarda tehsil of Junagadh district. Shapur Junction is about 12 km away. Junagadh is about 13 km away. Jūnāgadh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.