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About Amin Village

Amin is a small village in Gidhaur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 483, made up of 238 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amin village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Gidhaur
Pincode 825408
Area (hectares) 90 hectares
Population 483
Male Population 238
Female Population 245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
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 Amin compares

By the 2011 count Amin is the 24th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents. Its 90 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Amin

Amin is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Amin 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 Amin from other places

Amin lies about 15 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 22 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 Amin
Tehsil headquarters Gidhaur 6.3 km
District headquarters Chatra 15 km
Nearest town Chatrā 15 km
Nearest railway station Katkamsandi 22 km

Villages closest to Amin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amin village had a population of 483. That makes it the 24th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents.

Amin village has 238 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amin has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Amin is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amin covers 90 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amin falls under Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amin is Katkamsandi, about 22 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 Amin.

Amin is about 15 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amin is in Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district. Gidhaur is about 6.3 km away. Chatra is about 15 km away. Chatrā is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barisakhi (1.5 km), Peksa (1.7 km) and Kurkuta (1.8 km).

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

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