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About Amai Village

Amai is a large village in Khairlanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,048, made up of 1,497 males and 1,551 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1230.7 hectares hectares.

Amai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Khairlanji
Area (hectares) 1230.7 hectares
Population 3,048
Male Population 1,497
Female Population 1,551
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amai compares

By the 2011 count Amai is the 9th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents. Its 1230.7 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Amai

Amai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Amai from other places

Amai lies about 28 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Saongi, about 14 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 Amai
Tehsil headquarters Khairlanji 9.4 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 12 km
Nearest railway station Saongi 14 km
District headquarters Balaghat 28 km

Villages closest to Amai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amai village had a population of 3,048. That makes it the 9th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents.

Amai village has 1,497 males and 1,551 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amai has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1028.

Amai covers 1230.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amai falls under Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amai is Saongi, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Amai.

Amai is about 28 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amai is in Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Khairlanji is about 9.4 km away. Wārāseonī is about 12 km away. Saongi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhajiyadand (1.9 km), Dongariya (2.7 km) and Jhiriya (3.0 km).

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

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