About Amwa Village

Amwa is one of the larger villages in Bhinga tehsil, in the district of Shrawasti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,652, made up of 3,082 males and 2,570 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 721.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271831, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shrawasti
Tehsil	Bhinga
Pincode	271831
Area (hectares)	721.48 hectares
Population	5,652
Male Population	3,082
Female Population	2,570
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	834
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 Amwa compares

By the 2011 count Amwa is the 16th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,333 residents. Its 721.48 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Amwa

Amwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Amwa 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 Amwa from other places

Amwa lies about 27 km from Shrawasti, and the nearest railway station is Kauwapur, about 18 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 Amwa
Nearest railway station	Kauwapur	18 km
Nearest town	Balrāmpur	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhinga	26 km
District headquarters	Shrawasti	27 km

Villages closest to Amwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amwa village had a population of 5,652. That makes it the 16th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,333 residents.

Amwa village has 3,082 males and 2,570 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amwa has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 873.

The pincode recorded for Amwa is 271831. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amwa covers 721.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Amwa falls under Bhinga tehsil of Shrawasti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amwa is Kauwapur, about 18 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 Amwa.

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

Amwa is in Bhinga tehsil of Shrawasti district. Kauwapur is about 18 km away. Balrāmpur is about 23 km away. Bhinga is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.