About Amra Village

Amra is a large village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,647, made up of 1,405 males and 1,242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 498 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 818206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dumri
Pincode	818206
Area (hectares)	498 hectares
Population	2,647
Male Population	1,405
Female Population	1,242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Amra compares

By the 2011 count Amra is the 17th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 498 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Amra

Amra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Amra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amra from other places

Amra lies about 41 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Chegro, about 6.8 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 Amra
Tehsil headquarters	Dumri	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Chegro	6.8 km
Nearest town	Gomoh	22 km
District headquarters	Giridih	41 km

Villages closest to Amra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amra village had a population of 2,647. That makes it the 17th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Amra village has 1,405 males and 1,242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amra has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Amra is 818206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amra covers 498 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amra falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amra is Chegro, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Amra.

Amra is about 41 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amra is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. Dumri is about 3.7 km away. Chegro is about 6.8 km away. Gomoh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.