About Amchua Village

Amchua is a mid sized village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 632, made up of 331 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amchua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amchua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	217 hectares
Population	632
Male Population	331
Female Population	301
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 Amchua compares

By the 2011 count Amchua is the 74th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 217 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 1013.

Getting to Amchua

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

Amchua lies about 32 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 5.0 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 Amchua
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	5.0 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	32 km
District headquarters	Dumka	32 km

Villages closest to Amchua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amchua village had a population of 632. That makes it the 74th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Amchua village has 331 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amchua has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Amchua is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amchua covers 217 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amchua falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amchua is Harinsing, about 5.0 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 Amchua.

Amchua is about 32 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amchua is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 5.0 km away. Rampur Hat is about 25 km away. Shikaripara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.