About Asta Village

Asta is a large village in Manora tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,125, made up of 1,124 males and 1,001 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 896.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asta village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Tehsil	Manora
Pincode	496330
Area (hectares)	896.14 hectares
Population	2,125
Male Population	1,124
Female Population	1,001
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available
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 629 residents. Its 896.14 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 989.

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. 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 24 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 71 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
Tehsil headquarters	Manora	14 km
District headquarters	Jashpur	24 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	24 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	71 km

Villages closest to Asta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Manora 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 2,125. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Asta village has 1,124 males and 1,001 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asta has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Asta is 496330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asta covers 896.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asta falls under Manora tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Asta is Lohardaga, about 71 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Asta.

Asta is about 24 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asta is in Manora tehsil of Jashpur district. Manora is about 14 km away. Jashpur is about 24 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.