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About Amritpur Village

Amritpur is a mid sized village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 801, made up of 412 males and 389 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amritpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amritpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Pincode 816106
Area (hectares) 183.09 hectares
Population 801
Male Population 412
Female Population 389
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
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 Amritpur compares

By the 2011 count Amritpur is the 76th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 183.09 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 1012.

Getting to Amritpur

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

Amritpur lies about 18 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Banshlai Bridge, about 5.3 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 Amritpur
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 4.6 km
Nearest railway station Banshlai Bridge 5.3 km
District headquarters Pakur 18 km

Villages closest to Amritpur

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 Amritpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Amritpur village had a population of 801. That makes it the 76th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Amritpur village has 412 males and 389 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amritpur has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Amritpur is 816106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amritpur covers 183.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amritpur falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amritpur is Banshlai Bridge, about 5.3 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 Amritpur.

Amritpur is about 18 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amritpur is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 4.6 km away. Banshlai Bridge is about 5.3 km away. Pakur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patharghata (under 2 km), Bhimpur (under 2 km) and Nurai (under 2 km).

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

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