About Asthawan Village

Asthawan is one of the larger villages in Asthawan tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 14,061, made up of 7,365 males and 6,696 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 861 hectares hectares.

Asthawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asthawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Asthawan
Area (hectares)	861 hectares
Population	14,061
Male Population	7,365
Female Population	6,696
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Asthawan compares

By the 2011 count Asthawan is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,779 residents. Its 861 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Asthawan

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

Asthawan lies about 21 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Sohsarai, about 8.8 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 Asthawan
Nearest railway station	Sohsarai	8.8 km
Nearest town	Bihār Sharīf	10 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	21 km

Villages closest to Asthawan

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Asthawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Asthawan village had a population of 14,061. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,779 residents.

Asthawan village has 7,365 males and 6,696 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asthawan has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Asthawan covers 861 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Asthawan falls under Asthawan tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Asthawan is Sohsarai, about 8.8 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 village for Asthawan.

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

Asthawan is in Asthawan tehsil of Nalanda district. Sohsarai is about 8.8 km away. Bihār Sharīf is about 10 km away. Nalanda is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.