About Amwar Village

Amwar is a small village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 16, made up of 7 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,286 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amwar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	141 hectares
Population	16
Male Population	7
Female Population	9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,286
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 Amwar compares

By the 2011 count Amwar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 141 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Amwar

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

Amwar lies about 11 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 12 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 Amwar
District headquarters	Garhwa	11 km
Nearest railway station	Garwa	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	12 km

Villages closest to Amwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amwar village had a population of 16. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Amwar village has 7 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amwar has about 1286 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Amwar is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amwar covers 141 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amwar falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amwar is Garwa, about 12 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 Amwar.

Amwar is about 11 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amwar is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Garhwa is about 11 km away. Garwa is about 12 km away. Meral is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.