About Amar Village

Amar is a mid sized village in Nabagram tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 972, made up of 472 males and 500 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742181, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Tehsil	Nabagram
Pincode	742181
Area (hectares)	272.94 hectares
Population	972
Male Population	472
Female Population	500
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Amar compares

By the 2011 count Amar is the 76th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,088 residents. Its 272.94 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Amar

Amar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amar from other places

Amar lies about 141 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Harishchandrapur, about under 2 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 Amar
Nearest railway station	Harishchandrapur	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nabagram	2.7 km
Nearest town	Manihāri	27 km
District headquarters	Murshidabad	141 km

Villages closest to Amar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amar village had a population of 972. That makes it the 76th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,088 residents.

Amar village has 472 males and 500 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amar has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Amar is 742181. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amar covers 272.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amar falls under Nabagram tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Amar is Harishchandrapur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Amar.

Amar is about 141 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amar is in Nabagram tehsil of Murshidabad district. Harishchandrapur is about under 2 km away. Nabagram is about 2.7 km away. Manihāri is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.