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About Amarpur Village

Amarpur is a small village in Pathna tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10, made up of 6 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amarpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Pathna
Pincode 816119
Area (hectares) 13.4 hectares
Population 10
Male Population 6
Female Population 4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amarpur compares

By the 2011 count Amarpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 615 residents. Its 13.4 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Amarpur

Amarpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Amarpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 45 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 12 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 Pathna 11 km
Nearest railway station Barharwa Junction 12 km
Nearest town Farakka 25 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 45 km

Villages closest to Amarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathna 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 10. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 615 residents.

Amarpur village has 6 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amarpur has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Amarpur is 816119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amarpur covers 13.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amarpur falls under Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Amarpur is Barharwa Junction, about 12 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 <5 km distance for Amarpur.

Amarpur is about 45 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amarpur is in Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district. Pathna is about 11 km away. Barharwa Junction is about 12 km away. Farakka is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dalahi Amarpur (under 2 km), Karodih (under 2 km) and Bara Mahgama (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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