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About Amchha Kalan Village

Amchha Kalan is a small village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 431, made up of 246 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 752 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.4 hectares hectares.

Amchha Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amchha Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Goharganj
Area (hectares) 241.4 hectares
Population 431
Male Population 246
Female Population 185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 752
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amchha Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Amchha Kalan is the 123rd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 241.4 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Amchha Kalan

Amchha Kalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Amchha Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Amchha Kalan from other places

Amchha Kalan lies about 46 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Obaidullaganj, about 4.9 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 Amchha Kalan
Nearest railway station Obaidullaganj 4.9 km
Nearest town Ubaidullāhganj 5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Goharganj 12 km
District headquarters Raisen 46 km

Villages closest to Amchha Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goharganj 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 Amchha Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Amchha Kalan village had a population of 431. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Amchha Kalan village has 246 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amchha Kalan has about 752 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Amchha Kalan covers 241.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amchha Kalan falls under Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amchha Kalan is Obaidullaganj, about 4.9 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Amchha Kalan.

Amchha Kalan is about 46 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amchha Kalan is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Obaidullaganj is about 4.9 km away. Ubaidullāhganj is about 5.3 km away. Goharganj is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amchha Khurd (under 2 km), Tigariya (2.1 km) and Chamariya Khamariya (2.1 km).

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

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