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About Asanbani Village

Asanbani is a small village in Katoria tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 152, made up of 81 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70 hectares hectares.

Asanbani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asanbani village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Katoria
Area (hectares) 70 hectares
Population 152
Male Population 81
Female Population 71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Asanbani compares

By the 2011 count Asanbani is the 223rd largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 619 residents. Its 70 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Asanbani

Asanbani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Asanbani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Asanbani from other places

Asanbani lies about 30 km from Banka. 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 Asanbani
Nearest town Godda under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Katoria 30 km
District headquarters Banka 30 km

Villages closest to Asanbani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asanbani village had a population of 152. That makes it the 223rd largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 619 residents.

Asanbani village has 81 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asanbani has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

Asanbani covers 70 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asanbani falls under Katoria tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The census record for Asanbani notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Asanbani is about 30 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asanbani is in Katoria tehsil of Banka district. Godda is about under 2 km away. Katoria is about 30 km away. Banka is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tola Garhitanr (1.9 km), Tola Kaligarhi (1.9 km) and Tola Jamua (2.0 km).

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

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