About Bara Amda Village

Bara Amda is a small village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 100 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Amda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Amda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Potka
Pincode	831002
Area (hectares)	55.88 hectares
Population	196
Male Population	100
Female Population	96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
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 Bara Amda compares

By the 2011 count Bara Amda is the 229th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 55.88 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Bara Amda

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

Bara Amda lies about 79 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about under 2 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 Bara Amda
Nearest railway station	Rajkharsawan Junction	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Potka	5.3 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	20 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	79 km

Villages closest to Bara Amda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Potka 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 Bara Amda

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Amda village had a population of 196. That makes it the 229th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Bara Amda village has 100 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Amda has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Bara Amda is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Amda covers 55.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara Amda falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bara Amda is Rajkharsawan Junction, about under 2 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 Bara Amda.

Bara Amda is about 79 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Amda is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Rajkharsawan Junction is about under 2 km away. Potka is about 5.3 km away. Chakradharpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.