About Asanbani Village

Asanbani is a mid sized village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 658, made up of 329 males and 329 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asanbani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asanbani village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	200.56 hectares
Population	658
Male Population	329
Female Population	329
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Asanbani compares

By the 2011 count Asanbani is the 70th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 200.56 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Asanbani

Asanbani is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Asanbani as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Asanbani from other places

Asanbani lies about 25 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Barmasia, about 12 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 Asanbani
Nearest railway station	Barmasia	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	25 km
District headquarters	Dumka	25 km

Villages closest to Asanbani

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.

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Common questions about Asanbani

As per the Census of India 2011, Asanbani village had a population of 658. That makes it the 70th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Asanbani village has 329 males and 329 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asanbani has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Asanbani covers 200.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asanbani falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Asanbani is Barmasia, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Asanbani.

Asanbani is about 25 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asanbani is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Barmasia is about 12 km away. Shikaripara is about 25 km away. Dumka is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.