About Amgaon Village

Amgaon is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 154, made up of 79 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amgaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	44.18 hectares
Population	154
Male Population	79
Female Population	75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
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 Amgaon compares

By the 2011 count Amgaon is the 90th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 44.18 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Amgaon

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

Amgaon lies about 22 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 23 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 Amgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	5.8 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	22 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	23 km

Villages closest to Amgaon

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 Amgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Amgaon village had a population of 154. That makes it the 90th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Amgaon village has 79 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgaon has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1206.

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

Amgaon covers 44.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amgaon falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Amgaon is Kotdwara, about 23 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 Amgaon.

Amgaon is about 22 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amgaon is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 5.8 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Kotdwāra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.