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About Asanpur Village

Asanpur is a small village in Mohanpur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 131 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asanpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Mohanpur
Pincode 814113
Area (hectares) 58 hectares
Population 260
Male Population 131
Female Population 129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 985
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Asanpur compares

By the 2011 count Asanpur is the 215th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 461 residents. Its 58 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Asanpur

Asanpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Asanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Asanpur from other places

Asanpur lies about 72 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 12 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 Asanpur
Nearest railway station Bela 12 km
Nearest town Purāini 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohanpur 21 km
District headquarters Deoghar 72 km

Villages closest to Asanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asanpur village had a population of 260. That makes it the 215th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 461 residents.

Asanpur village has 131 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asanpur has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Asanpur is 814113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asanpur covers 58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asanpur falls under Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Asanpur is Bela, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Asanpur.

Asanpur is about 72 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asanpur is in Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district. Bela is about 12 km away. Purāini is about 20 km away. Mohanpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Satbahiri (under 2 km), Gaura (3.8 km) and Parihathbandh (4.2 km).

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

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