About Asahna Village

Asahna is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 168, made up of 86 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asahna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asahna village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Devipur
Pincode	814152
Area (hectares)	106.24 hectares
Population	168
Male Population	86
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
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 Asahna compares

By the 2011 count Asahna is the 173rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 106.24 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Asahna

Asahna is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Asahna 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 Asahna from other places

Asahna lies about 44 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, 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 Asahna
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	12 km
Nearest town	Giridih	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devipur	30 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	44 km

Villages closest to Asahna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asahna village had a population of 168. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Asahna village has 86 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asahna has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Asahna is 814152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asahna covers 106.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Asahna falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Asahna is Maheshmunda Junction, 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 Asahna.

Asahna is about 44 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asahna is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. Maheshmunda Junction is about 12 km away. Giridih is about 17 km away. Devipur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.