About Amelda Village

Amelda is a small village in Jakhnidhar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 111 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amelda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amelda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Jakhnidhar
Pincode	249121
Area (hectares)	80.59 hectares
Population	217
Male Population	111
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amelda compares

By the 2011 count Amelda is the 47th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 80.59 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Amelda

Amelda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amelda as Available within village. 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 Amelda from other places

Amelda lies about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 31 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 Amelda
Tehsil headquarters	Jakhnidhar	5.9 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	13 km
Nearest town	Tehri	13 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	31 km

Villages closest to Amelda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amelda village had a population of 217. That makes it the 47th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Amelda village has 111 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amelda has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Amelda is 249121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amelda covers 80.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amelda falls under Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Amelda is Rishikesh, about 31 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Amelda.

Amelda is about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amelda is in Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Jakhnidhar is about 5.9 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 13 km away. Tehri is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.