About Amdega Village

Amdega is a small village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 166, made up of 99 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 677 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amdega Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amdega village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Basia
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	121 hectares
Population	166
Male Population	99
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	677
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 Amdega compares

By the 2011 count Amdega is the 82nd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 121 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 989.

Getting to Amdega

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

Amdega lies about 42 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 7.1 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 Amdega
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basia	9.3 km
Nearest town	Simdega	42 km
District headquarters	Gumla	42 km

Villages closest to Amdega

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amdega village had a population of 166. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Amdega village has 99 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amdega has about 677 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Amdega is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amdega covers 121 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amdega falls under Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amdega is Kurkura, about 7.1 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 Amdega.

Amdega is about 42 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amdega is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Kurkura is about 7.1 km away. Basia is about 9.3 km away. Simdega is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.