About Asansol Village

Asansol is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 45, made up of 19 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,368 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asansol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asansol village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814141
Area (hectares)	41.1 hectares
Population	45
Male Population	19
Female Population	26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,368
Bus Service (public)	Available within 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 377th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 41.1 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

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 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 5.0 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Kurwa, about 2.4 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	Kurwa	2.4 km
District headquarters	Dumka	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jarmundi	28 km

Villages closest to Asansol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asansol village had a population of 45. That makes it the 377th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Asansol village has 19 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asansol has about 1368 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Asansol is 814141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asansol covers 41.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Asansol falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Asansol is Kurwa, about 2.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Asansol.

Asansol is about 5.0 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asansol is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Kurwa is about 2.4 km away. Dumka is about 5.0 km away. Jarmundi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.