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About Amarahat Village

Amarahat is a mid sized village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,666, made up of 914 males and 752 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 209125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amarahat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amarahat village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Pincode 209125
Area (hectares) 287.68 hectares
Population 1,666
Male Population 914
Female Population 752
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 823
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amarahat compares

By the 2011 count Amarahat is the 55th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 287.68 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Amarahat

Amarahat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Amarahat 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amarahat from other places

Amarahat lies about 27 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Kanchausi, about 26 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 Amarahat
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 6.0 km
Nearest town Auraiya 12 km
Nearest railway station Kanchausi 26 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 27 km

Villages closest to Amarahat

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

Common questions about Amarahat

As per the Census of India 2011, Amarahat village had a population of 1,666. That makes it the 55th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Amarahat village has 914 males and 752 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amarahat has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

The pincode recorded for Amarahat is 209125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amarahat covers 287.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amarahat falls under Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amarahat is Kanchausi, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Amarahat.

Amarahat is about 27 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amarahat is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about 6.0 km away. Auraiya is about 12 km away. Kanchausi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gauri Hasanpur (1.7 km), Rajauli (1.8 km) and Bachhoti Kachhar (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Amarahat today is likely to be higher.

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