About Amwara Village

Amwara is a mid sized village in Majalta tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 706, made up of 382 males and 324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1147.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amwara village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Majalta
Pincode	182117
Area (hectares)	1147.3 hectares
Population	706
Male Population	382
Female Population	324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amwara compares

By the 2011 count Amwara is the 31st largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents. Its 1147.3 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Amwara

Amwara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amwara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Amwara from other places

Amwara lies about 32 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Manwal, about 20 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 Amwara
Nearest railway station	Manwal	20 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Majalta	32 km
District headquarters	Udhampur	32 km

Villages closest to Amwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amwara village had a population of 706. That makes it the 31st largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents.

Amwara village has 382 males and 324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amwara has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 885.

The pincode recorded for Amwara is 182117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amwara covers 1147.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amwara falls under Majalta tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Amwara is Manwal, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Amwara.

Amwara is about 32 km from Udhampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amwara is in Majalta tehsil of Udhampur district. Manwal is about 20 km away. Sāmba is about 24 km away. Majalta is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.