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About Asro Village

Asro is a mid sized village in Sisai tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 864, made up of 442 males and 422 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 492.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asro village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Gumla
Tehsil Sisai
Pincode 835202
Area (hectares) 492.63 hectares
Population 864
Male Population 442
Female Population 422
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 955
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 Asro compares

By the 2011 count Asro is the 48th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents. Its 492.63 hectares work out to about 1.8 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Asro

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

Asro lies about 19 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 27 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 Asro
Tehsil headquarters Sisai 10 km
District headquarters Gumla 19 km
Nearest town Gumlā 19 km
Nearest railway station Bakaspur 27 km

Villages closest to Asro

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asro village had a population of 864. That makes it the 48th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents.

Asro village has 442 males and 422 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asro has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Asro is 835202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asro covers 492.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Asro falls under Sisai tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Asro is Bakaspur, about 27 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 Asro.

Asro is about 19 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asro is in Sisai tehsil of Gumla district. Sisai is about 10 km away. Gumla is about 19 km away. Gumlā is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Samal (under 2 km), Birkera (2.8 km) and Ghaghra (2.9 km).

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

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