About Amboi Village

Amboi is a small village in Chirgaon tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 458, made up of 225 males and 233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amboi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amboi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chirgaon
Pincode	171214
Area (hectares)	235.85 hectares
Population	458
Male Population	225
Female Population	233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amboi compares

By the 2011 count Amboi is the 42nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 235.85 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Amboi

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

Amboi lies about 27 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 25 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 Amboi
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chirgaon	27 km
District headquarters	Shimla	27 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	27 km

Villages closest to Amboi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amboi village had a population of 458. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Amboi village has 225 males and 233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amboi has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Amboi is 171214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amboi covers 235.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amboi falls under Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amboi is Jutogh, about 25 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 Amboi.

Amboi is about 27 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amboi is in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 25 km away. Chirgaon is about 27 km away. Shimla is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.