About Ambia Village

Ambia is a small village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 67 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,418 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ambia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ambia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Goilkera
Pincode	833103
Area (hectares)	86.43 hectares
Population	162
Male Population	67
Female Population	95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,418
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 Ambia compares

By the 2011 count Ambia is the 99th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 86.43 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Ambia

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

Ambia lies about 35 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Derowan, about 8.7 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 Ambia
Nearest railway station	Derowan	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goilkera	10 km
Nearest town	Bada Barabīl	35 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	35 km

Villages closest to Ambia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ambia village had a population of 162. That makes it the 99th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Ambia village has 67 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ambia has about 1418 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Ambia is 833103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ambia covers 86.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ambia falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ambia is Derowan, about 8.7 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 Ambia.

Ambia is about 35 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ambia is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Derowan is about 8.7 km away. Goilkera is about 10 km away. Bada Barabīl is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.