About Amha Village

Amha is a mid sized village in Jaitpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,586, made up of 772 males and 814 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1187.29 hectares hectares.

Amha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amha village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Tehsil	Jaitpur
Area (hectares)	1187.29 hectares
Population	1,586
Male Population	772
Female Population	814
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
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 Amha compares

By the 2011 count Amha is the 24th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 879 residents. Its 1187.29 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Amha

Amha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Amha 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 Amha from other places

Amha lies about 107 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Gosalpur, about 30 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 Amha
Tehsil headquarters	Jaitpur	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Gosalpur	30 km
Nearest town	Panāgar	33 km
District headquarters	Shahdol	107 km

Villages closest to Amha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amha village had a population of 1,586. That makes it the 24th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 879 residents.

Amha village has 772 males and 814 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amha has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Amha covers 1187.29 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.

Amha falls under Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amha is Gosalpur, about 30 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 Amha.

Amha is about 107 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amha is in Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district. Jaitpur is about 4.1 km away. Gosalpur is about 30 km away. Panāgar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.