About Amjhar Village

Amjhar is a small village in Mayur Hand tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 150 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amjhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amjhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Mayur Hand
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	127.31 hectares
Population	316
Male Population	150
Female Population	166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,107
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amjhar compares

By the 2011 count Amjhar is the 64th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 569 residents. Its 127.31 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Amjhar

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

Amjhar lies about 32 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 5.7 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 Amjhar
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	5.7 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mayur Hand	32 km
District headquarters	Chatra	32 km

Villages closest to Amjhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayur Hand 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 Amjhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Amjhar village had a population of 316. That makes it the 64th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 569 residents.

Amjhar village has 150 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amjhar has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

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

Amjhar covers 127.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amjhar falls under Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amjhar is Kathautia, about 5.7 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 village for Amjhar.

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

Amjhar is in Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district. Kathautia is about 5.7 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 30 km away. Mayur Hand is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.