About Asanjor Village

Asanjor is a mid sized village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,344, made up of 700 males and 644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asanjor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asanjor village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jama
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	270 hectares
Population	1,344
Male Population	700
Female Population	644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
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 Asanjor compares

By the 2011 count Asanjor is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 270 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Asanjor

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

Asanjor lies about 17 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Kurwa, about 14 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 Asanjor
Nearest railway station	Kurwa	14 km
District headquarters	Dumka	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jama	30 km

Villages closest to Asanjor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asanjor village had a population of 1,344. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Asanjor village has 700 males and 644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asanjor has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Asanjor is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asanjor covers 270 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asanjor falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Asanjor is Kurwa, about 14 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 Asanjor.

Asanjor is about 17 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asanjor is in Jama tehsil of Dumka district. Kurwa is about 14 km away. Dumka is about 17 km away. Jama is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.