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About Asani Village

Asani is a large village in Guraru tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,266, made up of 1,288 males and 978 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 759 females per 1000 males. The village covers 336 hectares hectares.

Asani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asani village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Guraru
Area (hectares) 336 hectares
Population 2,266
Male Population 1,288
Female Population 978
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 759
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Asani compares

By the 2011 count Asani is the 21st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents. Its 336 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Asani

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

Asani lies about 29 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Ismailpur, about 12 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 Asani
Tehsil headquarters Guraru 8.9 km
Nearest railway station Ismailpur 12 km
Nearest town Rafiganj 16 km
District headquarters Gaya 29 km

Villages closest to Asani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asani village had a population of 2,266. That makes it the 21st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents.

Asani village has 1,288 males and 978 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asani has about 759 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Asani covers 336 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Asani falls under Guraru tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Asani is Ismailpur, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Asani.

Asani is about 29 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asani is in Guraru tehsil of Gaya district. Guraru is about 8.9 km away. Ismailpur is about 12 km away. Rafiganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balia (under 2 km), Pananiyan (2.0 km) and Mangrawan (2.4 km).

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

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