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About Asta Kandar Village

Asta Kandar is a mid sized village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 525, made up of 258 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asta Kandar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asta Kandar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Shikaripara
Pincode 816103
Area (hectares) 202 hectares
Population 525
Male Population 258
Female Population 267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Asta Kandar compares

By the 2011 count Asta Kandar is the 97th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 202 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Asta Kandar

Asta Kandar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Asta Kandar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Asta Kandar from other places

Asta Kandar lies about 35 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 1.5 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 Asta Kandar
Nearest railway station Harinsing 1.5 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Shikaripara 35 km
District headquarters Dumka 35 km

Villages closest to Asta Kandar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shikaripara 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 Asta Kandar

As per the Census of India 2011, Asta Kandar village had a population of 525. That makes it the 97th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Asta Kandar village has 258 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asta Kandar has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Asta Kandar is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asta Kandar covers 202 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asta Kandar falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Asta Kandar is Harinsing, about 1.5 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 km distance for Asta Kandar.

Asta Kandar is about 35 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asta Kandar is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 1.5 km away. Rampur Hat is about 21 km away. Shikaripara is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lata Kandar (under 2 km), Dimadaha (under 2 km) and Makrapahari (1.8 km).

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

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