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About Amarpur Village

Amarpur is a small village in Mohammad Bazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 116, made up of 56 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amarpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Mohammad Bazar
Pincode 731234
Area (hectares) 69.2 hectares
Population 116
Male Population 56
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amarpur compares

By the 2011 count Amarpur is the 128th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents. Its 69.2 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, well above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Amarpur

Amarpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Amarpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Amarpur from other places

Amarpur lies about 18 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lohapur, about 15 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 Amarpur
Nearest railway station Lohapur 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohammad Bazar 18 km
District headquarters Birbhum 18 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 18 km

Villages closest to Amarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mohammad Bazar 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 Amarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Amarpur village had a population of 116. That makes it the 128th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents.

Amarpur village has 56 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amarpur has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Amarpur is 731234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amarpur covers 69.2 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.

Amarpur falls under Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Amarpur is Lohapur, about 15 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Amarpur.

Amarpur is about 18 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amarpur is in Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Lohapur is about 15 km away. Mohammad Bazar is about 18 km away. Birbhum is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Komarpur (under 2 km), Nadighasbera (2.5 km) and Sahnagar (3.3 km).

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

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