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About Asranda Village

Asranda is a mid sized village in Amour tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 760, made up of 410 males and 350 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83 hectares hectares.

Asranda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asranda village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Amour
Area (hectares) 83 hectares
Population 760
Male Population 410
Female Population 350
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Asranda compares

By the 2011 count Asranda is the 108th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents. Its 83 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Asranda

Asranda is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Asranda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Asranda from other places

Asranda lies about 30 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Jalalgarh, about 14 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 Asranda
Tehsil headquarters Amour 6.7 km
Nearest railway station Jalalgarh 14 km
Nearest town Kasba 19 km
District headquarters Purnia 30 km

Villages closest to Asranda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asranda village had a population of 760. That makes it the 108th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents.

Asranda village has 410 males and 350 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asranda has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Asranda covers 83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Asranda falls under Amour tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Asranda is Jalalgarh, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

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

Asranda is in Amour tehsil of Purnia district. Amour is about 6.7 km away. Jalalgarh is about 14 km away. Kasba is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maitra (under 2 km), Sakma (under 2 km) and Mangalpur (under 2 km).

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

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