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Amhara is a village in Rasra mandal, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 1,160 across 179 households. The village has a literacy rate of 54.8% and is located at coordinates 25.038°N, 77.777°E with PIN code 221712.
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REETA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 198400
- Pincode
- 221712
- Post office
- Rasra Town
- Population
- 1,160
- Households
- 179
- Literacy rate
- 54.8%
- Sex ratio
- 886 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 392
- Distance to district centre
- 384 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 377 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 375 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 402 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lukwasa · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Parsol · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Amhara compares
By population, Amhara ranks #138 of 400 villages in Rasra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.8%
−5.4% vs mandal average
Amhara54.8%
Rasra mandal60.2%
Ballia district60.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
886
−70 vs mandal average
Amhara886
Rasra mandal956
Household size
people per home
6.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
Amhara6.5
Rasra mandal6.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amhara at a glance
Amhara is a village of 1,160 people in 179 households (Census 2011) in Rasra tehsil, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, the 138th-largest of 400 villages in Rasra tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 886 women per 1,000 men. It lies 384 km from the Ballia district centre, 49 km from Sirsod, the nearest town, 20 km from Lukwasa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 221712, served by Rasra Town post office; the LGD village code is 198400. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Parsol, 17 km away. The sarpanch is REETA DEVI, and the village votes in Gopamau assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyam Prakash. The population is estimated at 1,368 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Amhara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BALLIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 1
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- AMHATA
- Total area (ha)
- 305.72
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 254.83
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Amhara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Amhara
- LGD code
- 198400
- Pincode
- 221712
- Post office
- Rasra Town
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,160
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,368
- Households
- 179
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 886
- Literacy rate
- 54.8%
- Coordinates
- 25.03805°N, 77.77685°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hardoi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gopamau
- Member of Parliament
- Jai Prakash
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shyam Prakash
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- REETA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Rasra
- Nearest railway station
- Parsehra Mal (418.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Amhara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow375 kmcapital
- Delhi402 km
- Mumbai833 km
- Hyderabad854 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLukwasa20 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Parsol17 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)