About Amba Village

Amba is a small village in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 91 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amba village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sona Rai Tharhi
Pincode	814150
Area (hectares)	59 hectares
Population	178
Male Population	91
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
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 Amba compares

By the 2011 count Amba is the 128th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 387 residents. Its 59 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Amba

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

Amba lies about 30 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Tulsitanr, 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 Amba
Nearest railway station	Tulsitanr	20 km
Nearest town	Jhajha	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sona Rai Tharhi	30 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	30 km

Villages closest to Amba

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sona Rai Tharhi 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 Amba

As per the Census of India 2011, Amba village had a population of 178. That makes it the 128th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 387 residents.

Amba village has 91 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amba has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Amba is 814150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amba covers 59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amba falls under Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amba is Tulsitanr, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Amba.

Amba is about 30 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amba is in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district. Tulsitanr is about 20 km away. Jhajha is about 24 km away. Sona Rai Tharhi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.