About Amar Village

Amar is a large village in Kutiyana tehsil, in the district of Porbandar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,122, made up of 1,093 males and 1,029 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1451.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 360570, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amar village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Porbandar
Tehsil	Kutiyana
Pincode	360570
Area (hectares)	1451.67 hectares
Population	2,122
Male Population	1,093
Female Population	1,029
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amar compares

By the 2011 count Amar is the 8th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,514 residents. Its 1451.67 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Amar

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

Amar lies about 13 km from Porbandar, and the nearest railway station is Ranavav, about under 2 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 Amar
Nearest railway station	Ranavav	under 2 km
Nearest town	Rānāvāv	2.7 km
District headquarters	Porbandar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kutiyana	28 km

Villages closest to Amar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amar village had a population of 2,122. That makes it the 8th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,514 residents.

Amar village has 1,093 males and 1,029 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amar has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Amar is 360570. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amar covers 1451.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amar falls under Kutiyana tehsil of Porbandar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Amar is Ranavav, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Amar.

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

Amar is in Kutiyana tehsil of Porbandar district. Ranavav is about under 2 km away. Rānāvāv is about 2.7 km away. Porbandar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.