About Amwa Khurd Village

Amwa Khurd is a mid sized village in Nilambar Pitambarpur tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 829, made up of 442 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amwa Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amwa Khurd village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Nilambar Pitambarpur
Pincode	822118
Area (hectares)	223 hectares
Population	829
Male Population	442
Female Population	387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
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 Amwa Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Amwa Khurd is the 49th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 871 residents. Its 223 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 928.

Getting to Amwa Khurd

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

Amwa Khurd lies about 26 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Harubera, 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 Amwa Khurd
Nearest town	Kathhāra	16 km
Nearest railway station	Harubera	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nilambar Pitambarpur	26 km
District headquarters	Palamu	26 km

Villages closest to Amwa Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nilambar Pitambarpur 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 Amwa Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Amwa Khurd village had a population of 829. That makes it the 49th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 871 residents.

Amwa Khurd village has 442 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amwa Khurd has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

The pincode recorded for Amwa Khurd is 822118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amwa Khurd covers 223 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amwa Khurd falls under Nilambar Pitambarpur tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amwa Khurd is Harubera, 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 Amwa Khurd.

Amwa Khurd is about 26 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amwa Khurd is in Nilambar Pitambarpur tehsil of Palamu district. Kathhāra is about 16 km away. Harubera is about 16 km away. Nilambar Pitambarpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.