About Amgachhi Village

Amgachhi is a small village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 210, made up of 110 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, 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	Masalia
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	72.44 hectares
Population	210
Male Population	110
Female Population	100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
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 186th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 72.44 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

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	Masalia	34 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 Masalia 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 210. That makes it the 186th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Amgachhi village has 110 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgachhi has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Amgachhi is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amgachhi covers 72.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amgachhi falls under Masalia 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 Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. Jamtara is about 23 km away. Jāmtāra is about 23 km away. Masalia is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.