About Amba Village

Amba is one of the larger villages in Nepanagar tehsil, in the district of Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,058, made up of 3,112 males and 2,946 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1478 hectares hectares.

Amba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amba village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Burhanpur
Tehsil	Nepanagar
Area (hectares)	1478 hectares
Population	6,058
Male Population	3,112
Female Population	2,946
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Amba compares

By the 2011 count Amba is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 1478 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Amba

Amba 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 Amba 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 Amba from other places

Amba lies about 16 km from Burhanpur, and the nearest railway station is Chandni, about 2.6 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 Amba
Nearest railway station	Chandni	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nepanagar	7.2 km
Nearest town	Nepānagar	7.2 km
District headquarters	Burhanpur	16 km

Villages closest to Amba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amba village had a population of 6,058. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Amba village has 3,112 males and 2,946 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amba has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

Amba covers 1478 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amba falls under Nepanagar tehsil of Burhanpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amba is Chandni, about 2.6 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 Amba.

Amba is about 16 km from Burhanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amba is in Nepanagar tehsil of Burhanpur district. Chandni is about 2.6 km away. Nepanagar is about 7.2 km away. Nepānagar is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.