About Amba Village

Amba is a large village in Kundhit tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,617, made up of 1,370 males and 1,247 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 558.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amba village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Kundhit
Pincode	821530
Area (hectares)	558.95 hectares
Population	2,617
Male Population	1,370
Female Population	1,247
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Amba compares

By the 2011 count Amba is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 550 residents. Its 558.95 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Amba

Amba is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Amba as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amba from other places

Amba lies about 19 km from Kundhit, and the nearest railway station is Jamtara, about 19 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 Amba
Nearest railway station	Jamtara	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kundhit	19 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	19 km

Villages closest to Amba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amba village had a population of 2,617. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 550 residents.

Amba village has 1,370 males and 1,247 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amba has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Amba is 821530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amba covers 558.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amba falls under Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amba is Jamtara, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Amba.

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

Amba is in Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district. Jamtara is about 19 km away. Kundhit is about 19 km away. Jāmtāra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.