About Amsar Village

Amsar is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 941, made up of 467 males and 474 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.89 hectares hectares.

Amsar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amsar village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	158.89 hectares
Population	941
Male Population	467
Female Population	474
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Amsar compares

By the 2011 count Amsar is the 137th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 158.89 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Amsar

Amsar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Amsar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Amsar from other places

Amsar lies about 16 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Kauriaa Jungle, about 6.2 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 Amsar
Nearest railway station	Kauriaa Jungle	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	13 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	16 km

Villages closest to Amsar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amsar village had a population of 941. That makes it the 137th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Amsar village has 467 males and 474 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amsar has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Amsar covers 158.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amsar falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amsar is Kauriaa Jungle, about 6.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Amsar.

Amsar is about 16 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amsar is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Kauriaa Jungle is about 6.2 km away. Sahjanwa is about 13 km away. Gorakhpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.