About Amarpur Village

Amarpur is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 270, made up of 131 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amarpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	163.53 hectares
Population	270
Male Population	131
Female Population	139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,061
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 Amarpur compares

By the 2011 count Amarpur is the 59th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 163.53 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Amarpur

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

Amarpur lies about 38 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 25 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 Amarpur
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	25 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	33 km
District headquarters	Dumka	38 km

Villages closest to Amarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amarpur village had a population of 270. That makes it the 59th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Amarpur village has 131 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amarpur has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Amarpur is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amarpur covers 163.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amarpur falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amarpur is Harinsing, about 25 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 Amarpur.

Amarpur is about 38 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amarpur is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 8.3 km away. Harinsing is about 25 km away. Nalhāti is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.