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About Amlagachhi Village

Amlagachhi is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 255 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amlagachhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amlagachhi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Pincode 816107
Area (hectares) 183.87 hectares
Population 479
Male Population 255
Female Population 224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amlagachhi compares

By the 2011 count Amlagachhi is the 150th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 183.87 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 1012.

Getting to Amlagachhi

Amlagachhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amlagachhi 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amlagachhi from other places

Amlagachhi lies about 16 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Rajgram, about 15 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 Amlagachhi
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 9.1 km
Nearest railway station Rajgram 15 km
District headquarters Pakur 16 km

Villages closest to Amlagachhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amlagachhi village had a population of 479. That makes it the 150th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Amlagachhi village has 255 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amlagachhi has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Amlagachhi is 816107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amlagachhi covers 183.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amlagachhi falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amlagachhi is Rajgram, about 15 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 10+ km distance for Amlagachhi.

Amlagachhi is about 16 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amlagachhi is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 9.1 km away. Rajgram is about 15 km away. Pakur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kusumdanga (under 2 km), Jaipani (under 2 km) and Parrah (under 2 km).

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

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