About Amba Village

Amba is a mid sized village in Mandvi tehsil, in the district of Surat, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,832, made up of 960 males and 872 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 637.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 394163, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amba village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Surat
Tehsil	Mandvi
Pincode	394163
Area (hectares)	637.17 hectares
Population	1,832
Male Population	960
Female Population	872
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amba compares

By the 2011 count Amba is the 26th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,336 residents. Its 637.17 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Amba

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

Amba lies about 78 km from Surat, and the nearest railway station is Ukai Songhad, about 6.6 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 Amba
Nearest railway station	Ukai Songhad	6.6 km
Nearest town	Songadh	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mandvi	34 km
District headquarters	Surat	78 km

Villages closest to Amba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amba village had a population of 1,832. That makes it the 26th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,336 residents.

Amba village has 960 males and 872 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amba has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Amba is 394163. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amba covers 637.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amba falls under Mandvi tehsil of Surat district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Amba is Ukai Songhad, about 6.6 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 Amba.

Amba is about 78 km from Surat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amba is in Mandvi tehsil of Surat district. Ukai Songhad is about 6.6 km away. Songadh is about 8.7 km away. Mandvi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.