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About Asni Village

Asni is a mid sized village in Bodh Gaya tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,128, made up of 581 males and 547 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824237, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asni village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Bodh Gaya
Pincode 824237
Area (hectares) 202 hectares
Population 1,128
Male Population 581
Female Population 547
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Asni compares

By the 2011 count Asni is the 61st largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 202 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Asni

Asni is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Asni as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Asni from other places

Asni lies about 21 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Kastha, about 20 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 Asni
Tehsil headquarters Bodh Gaya 11 km
Nearest railway station Kastha 20 km
District headquarters Gaya 21 km

Villages closest to Asni

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bodh Gaya 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 Asni

As per the Census of India 2011, Asni village had a population of 1,128. That makes it the 61st largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Asni village has 581 males and 547 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asni has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Asni is 824237. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asni covers 202 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asni falls under Bodh Gaya tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Asni is Kastha, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 5 - 10 km distance for Asni.

Asni is about 21 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asni is in Bodh Gaya tehsil of Gaya district. Bodh Gaya is about 11 km away. Kastha is about 20 km away. Gaya is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paner (under 2 km), Kharauna (under 2 km) and Dadpur (1.7 km).

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

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