About Amba Village

Amba is a mid sized village in Sardarpur tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,199, made up of 609 males and 590 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 526.58 hectares hectares.

Amba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amba village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Sardarpur
Area (hectares)	526.58 hectares
Population	1,199
Male Population	609
Female Population	590
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amba compares

By the 2011 count Amba is the 66th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,407 residents. Its 526.58 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Amba

Amba is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amba 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 Amba from other places

Amba lies about 52 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Road, about 26 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
Tehsil headquarters	Sardarpur	19 km
Nearest town	Jhābua	23 km
Nearest railway station	Tanda Road	26 km
District headquarters	Dhar	52 km

Villages closest to Amba

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sardarpur 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 1,199. That makes it the 66th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,407 residents.

Amba village has 609 males and 590 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amba has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 978.

Amba covers 526.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amba falls under Sardarpur tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amba is Tanda Road, about 26 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 Amba.

Amba is about 52 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amba is in Sardarpur tehsil of Dhar district. Sardarpur is about 19 km away. Jhābua is about 23 km away. Tanda Road is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.