About Amboa Village

Amboa is a mid sized village in Paonta Sahib tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,735, made up of 916 males and 819 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amboa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amboa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Paonta Sahib
Pincode	173025
Area (hectares)	319 hectares
Population	1,735
Male Population	916
Female Population	819
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amboa compares

By the 2011 count Amboa is the 18th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 319 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Amboa

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

Amboa lies about 33 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 39 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 Amboa
Tehsil headquarters	Paonta Sahib	14 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	14 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	33 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	39 km

Villages closest to Amboa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paonta Sahib 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 Amboa

As per the Census of India 2011, Amboa village had a population of 1,735. That makes it the 18th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Amboa village has 916 males and 819 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amboa has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Amboa is 173025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amboa covers 319 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amboa falls under Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amboa is Dehradun, about 39 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 Amboa.

Amboa is about 33 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amboa is in Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district. Paonta Sahib is about 14 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 14 km away. Sirmaur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.