About Amatur Village

Amatur is a large village in Sampgaon tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,119, made up of 1,087 males and 1,032 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 762.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amatur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amatur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Sampgaon
Pincode	591153
Area (hectares)	762.51 hectares
Population	2,119
Male Population	1,087
Female Population	1,032
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Amatur compares

By the 2011 count Amatur is the 54th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,515 residents. Its 762.51 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Amatur

Amatur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Amatur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amatur from other places

Amatur lies about 37 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Sulebhavi, about 27 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 Amatur
Nearest town	Bail-Hongal	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sampgaon	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Sulebhavi	27 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	37 km

Villages closest to Amatur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amatur village had a population of 2,119. That makes it the 54th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,515 residents.

Amatur village has 1,087 males and 1,032 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amatur has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Amatur is 591153. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amatur covers 762.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amatur falls under Sampgaon tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Amatur is Sulebhavi, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Amatur.

Amatur is about 37 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amatur is in Sampgaon tehsil of Belgaum district. Bail-Hongal is about 5.2 km away. Sampgaon is about 9.6 km away. Sulebhavi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.