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About Asantapur Village

Asantapur is a mid sized village in Sindgi tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 747, made up of 370 males and 377 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 706.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 586112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asantapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asantapur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bijapur
Tehsil Sindgi
Pincode 586112
Area (hectares) 706.52 hectares
Population 747
Male Population 370
Female Population 377
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Asantapur compares

By the 2011 count Asantapur is the 131st largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents. Its 706.52 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Asantapur

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

Asantapur lies about 6.6 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Bacheli, about 39 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 Asantapur
Tehsil headquarters Sindgi 6.6 km
District headquarters Bijapur 6.6 km
Nearest railway station Bacheli 39 km

Villages closest to Asantapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asantapur village had a population of 747. That makes it the 131st largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents.

Asantapur village has 370 males and 377 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asantapur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Asantapur is 586112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asantapur covers 706.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Asantapur falls under Sindgi tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Asantapur is Bacheli, about 39 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 Asantapur.

Asantapur is about 6.6 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asantapur is in Sindgi tehsil of Bijapur district. Sindgi is about 6.6 km away. Bijapur is about 6.6 km away. Bacheli is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangalur (15 km), Madanalli (29 km) and Chattanahalli (36 km).

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

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