About Astara Village

Astara is a mid sized village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 685, made up of 334 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 591.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Astara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Astara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Bhanupratappur
Pincode	494670
Area (hectares)	591.91 hectares
Population	685
Male Population	334
Female Population	351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Astara compares

By the 2011 count Astara is the 46th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 591.91 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Astara

Astara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Astara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Astara from other places

Astara lies about 2.8 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, 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 Astara
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	2.8 km
Nearest railway station	Keoti	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhanupratappur	19 km
Nearest town	Kānker	25 km

Villages closest to Astara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Astara village had a population of 685. That makes it the 46th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Astara village has 334 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Astara has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Astara is 494670. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Astara covers 591.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Astara falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Astara is Keoti, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Astara.

Astara is about 2.8 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Astara is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 2.8 km away. Keoti is about 19 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.