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About Amargarh Village

Amargarh is a small village in Kathua tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 343, made up of 187 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amargarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amargarh village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Kathua
Pincode 184143
Area (hectares) 108 hectares
Population 343
Male Population 187
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 834
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amargarh compares

By the 2011 count Amargarh is the 107th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 861 residents. Its 108 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Amargarh

Amargarh is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Amargarh as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Amargarh from other places

Amargarh lies about 11 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 8.0 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 Amargarh
Nearest railway station Budhi 8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Kathua 11 km

Villages closest to Amargarh

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

Common questions about Amargarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Amargarh village had a population of 343. That makes it the 107th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 861 residents.

Amargarh village has 187 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amargarh has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Amargarh is 184143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amargarh covers 108 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amargarh falls under Kathua tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Amargarh is Budhi, about 8.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Amargarh.

Amargarh is about 11 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amargarh is in Kathua tehsil of Kathua district. Budhi is about 8.0 km away. Kathua is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kadyar (under 2 km), Sanghan (2.3 km) and Kathera (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Amargarh today is likely to be higher.

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