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About Amkhera Village

Amkhera is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,081, made up of 577 males and 504 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 656.8 hectares hectares.

Amkhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amkhera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 656.8 hectares
Population 1,081
Male Population 577
Female Population 504
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amkhera compares

By the 2011 count Amkhera is the 78th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 656.8 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Amkhera

Amkhera is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Amkhera 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amkhera from other places

Amkhera lies about 12 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 17 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 Amkhera
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 12 km
Nearest railway station Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur 17 km

Villages closest to Amkhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amkhera village had a population of 1,081. That makes it the 78th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Amkhera village has 577 males and 504 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amkhera has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 878.

Amkhera covers 656.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amkhera falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amkhera is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 17 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Amkhera.

Amkhera is about 12 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amkhera is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Chhatarpur is about 12 km away. Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajapurwa (under 2 km), Bangay (2.3 km) and Bardwaha Khurd (3.6 km).

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

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