About Asthawan Village

Asthawan is a large village in Chewara tehsil, in the district of Sheikhpura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,405, made up of 1,285 males and 1,120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 444 hectares hectares.

Asthawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asthawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Sheikhpura
Tehsil	Chewara
Area (hectares)	444 hectares
Population	2,405
Male Population	1,285
Female Population	1,120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Asthawan compares

By the 2011 count Asthawan is the 13th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents. Its 444 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

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 10+ km distance. 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 15 km from Sheikhpura, and the nearest railway station is Sirari, 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
Tehsil headquarters	Chewara	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Sirari	8.8 km
District headquarters	Sheikhpura	15 km

Villages closest to Asthawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asthawan village had a population of 2,405. That makes it the 13th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents.

Asthawan village has 1,285 males and 1,120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asthawan has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Asthawan covers 444 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asthawan falls under Chewara tehsil of Sheikhpura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Asthawan is Sirari, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Asthawan.

Asthawan is about 15 km from Sheikhpura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asthawan is in Chewara tehsil of Sheikhpura district. Chewara is about 4.1 km away. Sirari is about 8.8 km away. Sheikhpura is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.