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About Amkholi Village

Amkholi is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 40 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 700 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amkholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amkholi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246127
Area (hectares) 31.13 hectares
Population 68
Male Population 40
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 700
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 Amkholi compares

By the 2011 count Amkholi is the 210th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 31.13 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Amkholi

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

Amkholi lies about 4.4 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 13 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 Amkholi
District headquarters Garhwal 4.4 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 13 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 13 km

Villages closest to Amkholi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amkholi village had a population of 68. That makes it the 210th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Amkholi village has 40 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amkholi has about 700 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Amkholi is 246127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amkholi covers 31.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amkholi falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Amkholi is Kotdwara, about 13 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 Amkholi.

Amkholi is about 4.4 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amkholi is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 4.4 km away. Kotdwāra is about 13 km away. Kotdwara is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanda (under 2 km), Kanda (under 2 km) and Ghota Malla (under 2 km).

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

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