About Amjhari Village

Amjhari is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 348, made up of 185 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amjhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amjhari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	189.22 hectares
Population	348
Male Population	185
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
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 Amjhari compares

By the 2011 count Amjhari is the 43rd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 189.22 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Amjhari

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

Amjhari lies about 39 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 26 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 Amjhari
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	9.5 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	26 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	33 km
District headquarters	Dumka	39 km

Villages closest to Amjhari

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 Amjhari

As per the Census of India 2011, Amjhari village had a population of 348. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Amjhari village has 185 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amjhari has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Amjhari covers 189.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amjhari falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amjhari is Harinsing, about 26 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 Amjhari.

Amjhari is about 39 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amjhari is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 9.5 km away. Harinsing is about 26 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.