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About Amrod Village

Amrod is a mid sized village in Chanderi tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,295, made up of 688 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1060 hectares hectares.

Amrod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amrod village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Chanderi
Area (hectares) 1060 hectares
Population 1,295
Male Population 688
Female Population 607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Amrod compares

By the 2011 count Amrod is the 36th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 1060 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Amrod

Amrod 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 Amrod as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Amrod from other places

Amrod lies about 14 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Orr, about 11 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 Amrod
Nearest railway station Orr 11 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanderi 30 km

Villages closest to Amrod

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 Amrod

As per the Census of India 2011, Amrod village had a population of 1,295. That makes it the 36th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Amrod village has 688 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amrod has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Amrod covers 1060 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Amrod is Orr, about 11 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 village for Amrod.

Amrod is about 14 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amrod is in Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Orr is about 11 km away. Ashoknagar is about 14 km away. Chanderi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhariya Khedi (2.8 km), Khanpur Pachhar (3.3 km) and Bedhai (3.9 km).

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

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