About Amjhar Village

Amjhar is a small village in Katkamsandi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 320, made up of 159 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 662 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amjhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amjhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Katkamsandi
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	662 hectares
Population	320
Male Population	159
Female Population	161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
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 Amjhar compares

By the 2011 count Amjhar is the 60th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents. Its 662 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Amjhar

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

Amjhar lies about 30 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 5.7 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
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katkamsandi	30 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	30 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	30 km

Villages closest to Amjhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katkamsandi 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 320. That makes it the 60th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents.

Amjhar village has 159 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amjhar has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Amjhar is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amjhar covers 662 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amjhar falls under Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amjhar is Kathautia, about 5.7 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 Amjhar.

Amjhar is about 30 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amjhar is in Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Kathautia is about 5.7 km away. Katkamsandi is about 30 km away. Hazaribagh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.