About Asta Village

Asta is a large village in Tharthari tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,918, made up of 2,548 males and 2,370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 340 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 803120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Tharthari
Pincode	803120
Area (hectares)	340 hectares
Population	4,918
Male Population	2,548
Female Population	2,370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Asta compares

By the 2011 count Asta is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,350 residents. Its 340 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Asta

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

Asta lies about 5.7 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Badhauna Halt, about 2.5 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 Asta
Nearest railway station	Badhauna Halt	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tharthari	5.7 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	5.7 km
Nearest town	Hilsa	14 km

Villages closest to Asta

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

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Common questions about Asta

As per the Census of India 2011, Asta village had a population of 4,918. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,350 residents.

Asta village has 2,548 males and 2,370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asta has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Asta is 803120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asta covers 340 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Asta falls under Tharthari tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Asta is Badhauna Halt, about 2.5 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 Asta.

Asta is about 5.7 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asta is in Tharthari tehsil of Nalanda district. Badhauna Halt is about 2.5 km away. Tharthari is about 5.7 km away. Nalanda is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.