About Amara Village

Amara 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 1,745, made up of 915 males and 830 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 434.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amara village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Majalta
Pincode	182117
Area (hectares)	434.2 hectares
Population	1,745
Male Population	915
Female Population	830
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amara compares

By the 2011 count Amara is the 9th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents. Its 434.2 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Amara

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

Amara 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 Amara
Nearest railway station	Manwal	20 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Majalta	32 km
District headquarters	Udhampur	32 km

Villages closest to Amara

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 Amara

As per the Census of India 2011, Amara village had a population of 1,745. That makes it the 9th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents.

Amara village has 915 males and 830 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amara has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 885.

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

Amara covers 434.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Amara 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Amara.

Amara 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.

Amara is in Majalta tehsil of Udhampur district. Manwal is about 20 km away. Sāmba is about 21 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.