About Aswa Village

Aswa is a mid sized village in Barkagaon tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,142, made up of 586 males and 556 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 686.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aswa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aswa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkagaon
Pincode	825311
Area (hectares)	686.28 hectares
Population	1,142
Male Population	586
Female Population	556
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
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 Aswa compares

By the 2011 count Aswa is the 43rd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 686.28 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Aswa

Aswa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Aswa 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 Aswa from other places

Aswa lies about 32 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Tokisud, about 5.1 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 Aswa
Nearest railway station	Tokisud	5.1 km
Nearest town	Patrātu	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkagaon	16 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	32 km

Villages closest to Aswa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aswa village had a population of 1,142. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Aswa village has 586 males and 556 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aswa has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Aswa is 825311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aswa covers 686.28 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.

Aswa falls under Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Aswa is Tokisud, about 5.1 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 Aswa.

Aswa is about 32 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aswa is in Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Tokisud is about 5.1 km away. Patrātu is about 7.4 km away. Barkagaon is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.