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About Amjhar Village

Amjhar is a mid sized village in Ghughari tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 559, made up of 275 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 436.35 hectares hectares.

Amjhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amjhar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Ghughari
Area (hectares) 436.35 hectares
Population 559
Male Population 275
Female Population 284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amjhar compares

By the 2011 count Amjhar is the 137th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 954 residents. Its 436.35 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Amjhar

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

Amjhar lies about 82 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Bhitoni, about 12 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 Amjhar
Tehsil headquarters Ghughari 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Bhitoni 12 km
Nearest town Jabalpur 25 km
District headquarters Mandla 82 km

Villages closest to Amjhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amjhar village had a population of 559. That makes it the 137th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 954 residents.

Amjhar village has 275 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amjhar has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1048.

Amjhar covers 436.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amjhar falls under Ghughari tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amjhar is Bhitoni, about 12 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 Amjhar.

Amjhar is about 82 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amjhar is in Ghughari tehsil of Mandla district. Ghughari is about 5.6 km away. Bhitoni is about 12 km away. Jabalpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sailwara (3.3 km), Saliwada (3.3 km) and Kisli (4.2 km).

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

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