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About Amarpur Village

Amarpur is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 436, made up of 209 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154 hectares hectares.

Amarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amarpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Area (hectares) 154 hectares
Population 436
Male Population 209
Female Population 227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,086
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 Amarpur compares

By the 2011 count Amarpur is the 168th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 154 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Amarpur

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

Amarpur lies about 19 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Banshlai Bridge, about 16 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 Amarpur
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 7.3 km
Nearest railway station Banshlai Bridge 16 km
District headquarters Pakur 19 km

Villages closest to Amarpur

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 Amarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Amarpur village had a population of 436. That makes it the 168th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Amarpur village has 209 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amarpur has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Amarpur covers 154 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amarpur falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amarpur is Banshlai Bridge, about 16 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 Amarpur.

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

Amarpur is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 7.3 km away. Banshlai Bridge is about 16 km away. Pakur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saristola (under 2 km), Siristola (under 2 km) and Panchandpur (under 2 km).

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

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