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About Amarpur Village

Amarpur is a mid sized village in Jangipara tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 667, made up of 333 males and 334 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712403, 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 Hugli
Tehsil Jangipara
Pincode 712403
Area (hectares) 113.72 hectares
Population 667
Male Population 333
Female Population 334
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Amarpur compares

By the 2011 count Amarpur is the 105th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents. Its 113.72 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Amarpur

The census records public bus service for Amarpur as Available within 5 - 10 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 <5 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 52 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Nangi, about 2.9 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 Nangi 2.9 km
Nearest town Budge Budge 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Jangipara 34 km
District headquarters Hugli 52 km

Villages closest to Amarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jangipara 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 667. That makes it the 105th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents.

Amarpur village has 333 males and 334 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amarpur has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Amarpur is 712403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amarpur covers 113.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amarpur falls under Jangipara tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Amarpur is Nangi, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Amarpur.

Amarpur is about 52 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amarpur is in Jangipara tehsil of Hugli district. Nangi is about 2.9 km away. Budge Budge is about 4.4 km away. Jangipara is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhimpur (5.7 km), Santoshpur (6.7 km) and Paschim Durgapur (8.0 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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