About Amkatal Village

Amkatal is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 148, made up of 69 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,145 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amkatal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amkatal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	87.34 hectares
Population	148
Male Population	69
Female Population	79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,145
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amkatal compares

By the 2011 count Amkatal is the 97th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 87.34 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Amkatal

Amkatal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Amkatal as Available within 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 Amkatal from other places

Amkatal lies about 33 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Virbhadra, 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 Amkatal
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Virbhadra	13 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	14 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	33 km

Villages closest to Amkatal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amkatal village had a population of 148. That makes it the 97th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Amkatal village has 69 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amkatal has about 1145 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Amkatal is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amkatal covers 87.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amkatal falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Amkatal is Virbhadra, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Amkatal.

Amkatal is about 33 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amkatal is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 6.5 km away. Virbhadra is about 13 km away. Rishīkesh is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.