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About Asansol Village

Asansol is a small village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 402, made up of 209 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815357, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asansol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asansol village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Sarath
Pincode 815357
Area (hectares) 95 hectares
Population 402
Male Population 209
Female Population 193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Asansol compares

By the 2011 count Asansol is the 145th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 95 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Asansol

Asansol is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Asansol as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Asansol from other places

Asansol lies about 46 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Vidyasagar, about 11 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 Asansol
Nearest railway station Vidyasagar 11 km
Nearest town Jāmtāra 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Sarath 17 km
District headquarters Deoghar 46 km

Villages closest to Asansol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asansol village had a population of 402. That makes it the 145th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Asansol village has 209 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asansol has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Asansol is 815357. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asansol covers 95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asansol falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Asansol is Vidyasagar, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Asansol.

Asansol is about 46 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asansol is in Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district. Vidyasagar is about 11 km away. Jāmtāra is about 14 km away. Sarath is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Satuyabad (under 2 km), Saharpura (under 2 km) and Dhudhuajori (1.8 km).

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

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