About Amgachhi Village

Amgachhi is a mid sized village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 510, made up of 233 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,189 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amgachhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amgachhi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814120
Area (hectares)	105.02 hectares
Population	510
Male Population	233
Female Population	277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,189
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 Amgachhi compares

By the 2011 count Amgachhi is the 78th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 105.02 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Amgachhi

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

Amgachhi lies about 34 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Jamtara, about 23 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 Amgachhi
Nearest railway station	Jamtara	23 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jarmundi	33 km
District headquarters	Dumka	34 km

Villages closest to Amgachhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amgachhi village had a population of 510. That makes it the 78th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Amgachhi village has 233 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgachhi has about 1189 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Amgachhi is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amgachhi covers 105.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amgachhi falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amgachhi is Jamtara, about 23 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 Amgachhi.

Amgachhi is about 34 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amgachhi is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Jamtara is about 23 km away. Jāmtāra is about 23 km away. Jarmundi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.