About Amachi Village

Amachi is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 172, made up of 89 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amachi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amachi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577434
Area (hectares)	138.23 hectares
Population	172
Male Population	89
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amachi compares

By the 2011 count Amachi is the 223rd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 138.23 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Amachi

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

Amachi lies about 62 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 8.1 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 Amachi
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	8.1 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	17 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	62 km

Villages closest to Amachi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amachi village had a population of 172. That makes it the 223rd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Amachi village has 89 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amachi has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Amachi is 577434. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amachi covers 138.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amachi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Amachi is Balegundi, about 8.1 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 village for Amachi.

Amachi is about 62 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amachi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Balegundi is about 8.1 km away. Sāgar is about 9.0 km away. Sorab is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.