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About Amkuli Village

Amkuli is a mid sized village in Sisai tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 657, made up of 351 males and 306 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 436.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amkuli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amkuli village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Gumla
Tehsil Sisai
Pincode 835224
Area (hectares) 436.12 hectares
Population 657
Male Population 351
Female Population 306
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
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 Amkuli compares

By the 2011 count Amkuli is the 60th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents. Its 436.12 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1004.

Getting to Amkuli

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

Amkuli lies about 19 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 25 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 Amkuli
Tehsil headquarters Sisai 13 km
District headquarters Gumla 19 km
Nearest town Gumlā 19 km
Nearest railway station Bakaspur 25 km

Villages closest to Amkuli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amkuli village had a population of 657. That makes it the 60th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents.

Amkuli village has 351 males and 306 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amkuli has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Amkuli is 835224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amkuli covers 436.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amkuli falls under Sisai tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amkuli is Bakaspur, about 25 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 Amkuli.

Amkuli is about 19 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amkuli is in Sisai tehsil of Gumla district. Sisai is about 13 km away. Gumla is about 19 km away. Gumlā is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Korekera (2.4 km), Olmunda (2.8 km) and Asro (2.9 km).

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

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