About Amkhed Village

Amkhed is a mid sized village in Malegaon tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,313, made up of 693 males and 620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 700.58 hectares hectares.

Amkhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amkhed village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Malegaon
Area (hectares)	700.58 hectares
Population	1,313
Male Population	693
Female Population	620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Amkhed compares

By the 2011 count Amkhed is the 43rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents. Its 700.58 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

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 5 - 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 16 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Jaulka, about 4.8 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
Nearest railway station	Jaulka	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malegaon	9.8 km
District headquarters	Washim	16 km
Nearest town	Wāshīm	16 km

Villages closest to Amkhed

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Malegaon 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 1,313. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents.

Amkhed village has 693 males and 620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amkhed has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Amkhed covers 700.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amkhed falls under Malegaon tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Amkhed is Jaulka, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 16 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amkhed is in Malegaon tehsil of Washim district. Jaulka is about 4.8 km away. Malegaon is about 9.8 km away. Washim is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.