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About Amdar Village

Amdar is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,256, made up of 673 males and 583 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.64 hectares hectares.

Amdar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amdar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 77.64 hectares
Population 1,256
Male Population 673
Female Population 583
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Amdar compares

By the 2011 count Amdar is the 156th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 77.64 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Amdar

Amdar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amdar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Amdar from other places

Amdar lies about 11 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Bartara, about 2.5 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 Amdar
Nearest railway station Bartara 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 11 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 11 km
Nearest town Shāhjānpur 11 km

Villages closest to Amdar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amdar village had a population of 1,256. That makes it the 156th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Amdar village has 673 males and 583 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amdar has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Amdar covers 77.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Amdar falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amdar is Bartara, about 2.5 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 village for Amdar.

Amdar is about 11 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amdar is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Bartara is about 2.5 km away. Powayan is about 11 km away. Shahjahanpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kadherchaura (under 2 km), Bahadurpur (1.7 km) and Chathia Bahadurpur (1.7 km).

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

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