About Asansol Village

Asansol is a mid sized village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 503, made up of 253 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, 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	Masalia
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	293.49 hectares
Population	503
Male Population	253
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
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 Asansol compares

By the 2011 count Asansol is the 81st largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 293.49 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 987.

Getting to Asansol

Asansol is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Asansol 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 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
Tehsil headquarters	Masalia	5.0 km
District headquarters	Dumka	5.0 km

Villages closest to Asansol

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Masalia 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 503. That makes it the 81st largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Asansol village has 253 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asansol has about 988 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 987.

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

Asansol covers 293.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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