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About Amarwadi Village

Amarwadi is a small village in Sedam tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 270, made up of 135 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amarwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amarwadi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Sedam
Pincode 585222
Area (hectares) 94.1 hectares
Population 270
Male Population 135
Female Population 135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amarwadi compares

By the 2011 count Amarwadi is the 102nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents. Its 94.1 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Amarwadi

Amarwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amarwadi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Amarwadi from other places

Amarwadi lies about 39 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Halakatta, about 4.6 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 Amarwadi
Nearest railway station Halakatta 4.6 km
Nearest town Wādi 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Sedam 31 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 39 km

Villages closest to Amarwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amarwadi village had a population of 270. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents.

Amarwadi village has 135 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amarwadi has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Amarwadi is 585222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amarwadi covers 94.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amarwadi falls under Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Amarwadi is Halakatta, about 4.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Amarwadi.

Amarwadi is about 39 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amarwadi is in Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district. Halakatta is about 4.6 km away. Wādi is about 4.9 km away. Sedam is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajola (18 km), Bhimnagar (19 km) and Hanganhalli (21 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Amarwadi today is likely to be higher.

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