About Amba Village

Amba is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,195, made up of 619 males and 576 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 919 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amba village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Pincode	415101
Area (hectares)	919 hectares
Population	1,195
Male Population	619
Female Population	576
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amba compares

By the 2011 count Amba is the 67th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 919 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

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 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 Amba from other places

Amba lies about 55 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Adavali, about 22 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	Shahuwadi	17 km
Nearest railway station	Adavali	22 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	55 km

Villages closest to Amba

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahuwadi 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 1,195. That makes it the 67th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Amba village has 619 males and 576 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amba has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Amba is 415101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amba covers 919 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.

Amba falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Amba is Adavali, about 22 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 Amba.

Amba is about 55 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amba is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 17 km away. Adavali is about 22 km away. Kolhapur is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.