About Amtaro Village

Amtaro is a mid sized village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 715, made up of 386 males and 329 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amtaro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amtaro village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	58.96 hectares
Population	715
Male Population	386
Female Population	329
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amtaro compares

By the 2011 count Amtaro is the 36th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 58.96 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Amtaro

Amtaro is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amtaro as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Amtaro from other places

Amtaro lies about 64 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 24 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 Amtaro
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	2.0 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	24 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	37 km
District headquarters	Giridih	64 km

Villages closest to Amtaro

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amtaro village had a population of 715. That makes it the 36th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Amtaro village has 386 males and 329 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amtaro has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Amtaro is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amtaro covers 58.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Amtaro falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amtaro is Dhanwar, about 24 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 village for Amtaro.

Amtaro is about 64 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amtaro is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 2.0 km away. Dhanwar is about 24 km away. Kodarma is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.