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About Amjhera Village

Amjhera is a small village in Chanderi tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 481, made up of 253 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281.96 hectares hectares.

Amjhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amjhera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Chanderi
Area (hectares) 281.96 hectares
Population 481
Male Population 253
Female Population 228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 901
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Amjhera compares

By the 2011 count Amjhera is the 100th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 281.96 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Amjhera

Amjhera is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Amjhera 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amjhera from other places

Amjhera lies about 50 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Jiron, about 16 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 Amjhera
Tehsil headquarters Chanderi 9.9 km
Nearest railway station Jiron 16 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 50 km

Villages closest to Amjhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amjhera village had a population of 481. That makes it the 100th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Amjhera village has 253 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amjhera has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

Amjhera covers 281.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amjhera falls under Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amjhera is Jiron, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Amjhera is about 50 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amjhera is in Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Chanderi is about 9.9 km away. Jiron is about 16 km away. Ashoknagar is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Toda (under 2 km), Bari (2.4 km) and Naderi (2.4 km).

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

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