About Amjhar Village

Amjhar is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 387, made up of 194 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amjhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amjhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	236.15 hectares
Population	387
Male Population	194
Female Population	193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amjhar compares

By the 2011 count Amjhar is the 63rd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 236.15 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Amjhar

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

How far is Amjhar from other places

Amjhar lies about 59 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 15 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 Amjhar
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	10 km
Nearest railway station	Nawadih	15 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	29 km
District headquarters	Giridih	59 km

Villages closest to Amjhar

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 Amjhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Amjhar village had a population of 387. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Amjhar village has 194 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amjhar has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

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

Amjhar covers 236.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amjhar falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amjhar is Nawadih, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance for Amjhar.

Amjhar is about 59 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amjhar is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 10 km away. Nawadih is about 15 km away. Kodarma is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.