About Amma Village

Amma is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,161, made up of 581 males and 580 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 495.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	495.02 hectares
Population	1,161
Male Population	581
Female Population	580
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amma compares

By the 2011 count Amma is the 27th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 495.02 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Amma

Amma is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amma as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Amma from other places

Amma lies about 30 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 8.1 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 Amma
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	6.1 km
Nearest railway station	Pokla	8.1 km
District headquarters	Khunti	30 km

Villages closest to Amma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amma village had a population of 1,161. That makes it the 27th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Amma village has 581 males and 580 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amma has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

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

Amma covers 495.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amma falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amma is Pokla, about 8.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Amma.

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

Amma is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 6.1 km away. Pokla is about 8.1 km away. Khunti is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.