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About Amkholi Village

Amkholi is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 67, made up of 38 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 763 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246173, 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 Lansdowne
Pincode 246173
Area (hectares) 60.73 hectares
Population 67
Male Population 38
Female Population 29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 763
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amkholi compares

By the 2011 count Amkholi is the 329th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 60.73 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1243.

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 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
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 8.0 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 Lansdowne 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 67. That makes it the 329th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Amkholi village has 38 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amkholi has about 763 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Amkholi is 246173. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amkholi covers 60.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amkholi falls under Lansdowne 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 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 Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 4.4 km away. Lansdowne is about 8.0 km away. Kotdwāra 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 Laga Koti (under 2 km) and Kandakhari (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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