About Amkhed Village

Amkhed is a mid sized village in Chikhli tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,518, made up of 788 males and 730 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 510.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 443201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amkhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amkhed village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Chikhli
Pincode	443201
Area (hectares)	510.69 hectares
Population	1,518
Male Population	788
Female Population	730
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amkhed compares

By the 2011 count Amkhed is the 56th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents. Its 510.69 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Amkhed

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

Amkhed lies about 34 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 52 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 Amkhed
Tehsil headquarters	Chikhli	14 km
District headquarters	Buldana	34 km
Nearest railway station	Khamgaon	52 km

Villages closest to Amkhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amkhed village had a population of 1,518. That makes it the 56th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents.

Amkhed village has 788 males and 730 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amkhed has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Amkhed is 443201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amkhed covers 510.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amkhed falls under Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Amkhed is Khamgaon, about 52 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Amkhed.

Amkhed is about 34 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amkhed is in Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district. Chikhli is about 14 km away. Buldana is about 34 km away. Khamgaon is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.