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About Amra Village

Amra is a mid sized village in Goalpokhar II tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 678, made up of 339 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amra village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Goalpokhar II
Pincode 733209
Area (hectares) 53.41 hectares
Population 678
Male Population 339
Female Population 339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Amra compares

By the 2011 count Amra is the 136th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 53.41 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Amra

The census records public bus service for Amra 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amra from other places

Amra lies about 9.9 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Kanki, about 3.4 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 Amra
Nearest railway station Kanki 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Goalpokhar II 9.9 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 9.9 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 16 km

Villages closest to Amra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goalpokhar II 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 Amra

As per the Census of India 2011, Amra village had a population of 678. That makes it the 136th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Amra village has 339 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amra has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Amra is 733209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amra covers 53.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Amra falls under Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Amra is Kanki, about 3.4 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Amra.

Amra is about 9.9 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amra is in Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Kanki is about 3.4 km away. Goalpokhar II is about 9.9 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khoksa (under 2 km), Majlispur (under 2 km) and Bhagalpur (under 2 km).

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

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