About Amrakunda Village

Amrakunda is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 189, made up of 97 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amrakunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amrakunda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	76 hectares
Population	189
Male Population	97
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
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 Amrakunda compares

By the 2011 count Amrakunda is the 182nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 76 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 Amrakunda

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

Amrakunda lies about 33 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 13 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 Amrakunda
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	13 km
Nearest town	Siuri	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	33 km
District headquarters	Dumka	33 km

Villages closest to Amrakunda

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 Amrakunda

As per the Census of India 2011, Amrakunda village had a population of 189. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Amrakunda village has 97 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amrakunda has about 948 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 Amrakunda is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amrakunda covers 76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amrakunda falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amrakunda is Harinsing, about 13 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 Amrakunda.

Amrakunda is about 33 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amrakunda is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 13 km away. Siuri is about 25 km away. Shikaripara is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.