About Amjhara Village

Amjhara is one of the larger villages in Basanti tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,179, made up of 3,179 males and 3,000 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 616.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743329, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amjhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amjhara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Basanti
Pincode	743329
Area (hectares)	616.1 hectares
Population	6,179
Male Population	3,179
Female Population	3,000
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Amjhara compares

By the 2011 count Amjhara is the 18th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 5,158 residents. Its 616.1 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Amjhara

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

Amjhara lies about 36 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Canning, about 4.6 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 Amjhara
Nearest railway station	Canning	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basanti	13 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	36 km

Villages closest to Amjhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amjhara village had a population of 6,179. That makes it the 18th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,158 residents.

Amjhara village has 3,179 males and 3,000 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amjhara has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Amjhara is 743329. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amjhara covers 616.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Amjhara falls under Basanti tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Amjhara is Canning, about 4.6 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 Amjhara.

Amjhara is about 36 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amjhara is in Basanti tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Canning is about 4.6 km away. Basanti is about 13 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.