About Amb Village

Amb is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 144, made up of 69 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amb Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amb village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177101
Area (hectares)	41.13 hectares
Population	144
Male Population	69
Female Population	75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,087
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amb compares

By the 2011 count Amb is the 199th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 41.13 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Amb

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

Amb lies about 47 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 1.9 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 Amb
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	24 km
Nearest town	Hoshiārpur	26 km
District headquarters	Kangra	47 km

Villages closest to Amb

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Amb

As per the Census of India 2011, Amb village had a population of 144. That makes it the 199th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Amb village has 69 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amb has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Amb is 177101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amb covers 41.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amb falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amb is Amb Andaura, about 1.9 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 village for Amb.

Amb is about 47 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amb is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Amb Andaura is about 1.9 km away. Dera Gopipur is about 24 km away. Hoshiārpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.