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About Amarpur Village

Amarpur is a small village in Mahagama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 43, made up of 26 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 654 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amarpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Mahagama
Pincode 814154
Area (hectares) 24.52 hectares
Population 43
Male Population 26
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 654
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 Amarpur compares

By the 2011 count Amarpur is the 213th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 788 residents. Its 24.52 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Amarpur

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

Amarpur lies about 22 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 20 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 Amarpur
Tehsil headquarters Mahagama 12 km
Nearest railway station Bela 20 km
District headquarters Godda 22 km

Villages closest to Amarpur

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

Common questions about Amarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Amarpur village had a population of 43. That makes it the 213th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 788 residents.

Amarpur village has 26 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amarpur has about 654 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Amarpur is 814154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amarpur covers 24.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amarpur falls under Mahagama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amarpur is Bela, about 20 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 Amarpur.

Amarpur is about 22 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amarpur is in Mahagama tehsil of Godda district. Mahagama is about 12 km away. Bela is about 20 km away. Godda is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaithia (under 2 km), Pararia (2.1 km) and Mahadeb Kita (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Amarpur today is likely to be higher.

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