About Ashok Nagar Village

Ashok Nagar is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 369, made up of 203 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ashok Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ashok Nagar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494441
Area (hectares)	151.93 hectares
Population	369
Male Population	203
Female Population	166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ashok Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Ashok Nagar is the 161st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 151.93 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 973.

Getting to Ashok Nagar

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

Ashok Nagar lies about 65 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 49 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 Ashok Nagar
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	49 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	65 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	66 km

Villages closest to Ashok Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pakhanjur 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 Ashok Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Ashok Nagar village had a population of 369. That makes it the 161st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Ashok Nagar village has 203 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ashok Nagar has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Ashok Nagar is 494441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ashok Nagar covers 151.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ashok Nagar falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ashok Nagar is Antagarh, about 49 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 Ashok Nagar.

Ashok Nagar is about 65 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.

Ashok Nagar is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 7.8 km away. Antagarh is about 49 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.