About Amjharia Village

Amjharia is a mid sized village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 552, made up of 314 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 758 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amjharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amjharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Chandwa
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	250 hectares
Population	552
Male Population	314
Female Population	238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	758
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amjharia compares

By the 2011 count Amjharia is the 54th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 250 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Amjharia

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

Amjharia lies about 31 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Mahuamilan, about 6.6 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 Amjharia
Nearest railway station	Mahuamilan	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandwa	7.5 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	22 km
District headquarters	Latehar	31 km

Villages closest to Amjharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amjharia village had a population of 552. That makes it the 54th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Amjharia village has 314 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amjharia has about 758 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Amjharia is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amjharia covers 250 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amjharia falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amjharia is Mahuamilan, about 6.6 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 Amjharia.

Amjharia is about 31 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amjharia is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. Mahuamilan is about 6.6 km away. Chandwa is about 7.5 km away. Lohārdagā is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.