About Asara Village

Asara is a large village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,415, made up of 1,680 males and 1,735 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1388.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargaon
Pincode	491558
Area (hectares)	1388.34 hectares
Population	3,415
Male Population	1,680
Female Population	1,735
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Asara compares

By the 2011 count Asara is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 1388.34 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Asara

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

Asara lies about 31 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Dongargarh, about 19 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 Asara
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargaon	12 km
Nearest railway station	Dongargarh	19 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	31 km

Villages closest to Asara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asara village had a population of 3,415. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Asara village has 1,680 males and 1,735 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asara has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Asara is 491558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asara covers 1388.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asara falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Asara is Dongargarh, about 19 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 Asara.

Asara is about 31 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asara is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargaon is about 12 km away. Dongargarh is about 19 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.