About Asankura Village

Asankura is a small village in Amrapara tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 80, made up of 41 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asankura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asankura village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Amrapara
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	52.47 hectares
Population	80
Male Population	41
Female Population	39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	951
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Asankura compares

By the 2011 count Asankura is the 95th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 52.47 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 995.

Getting to Asankura

Asankura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Asankura as Available within 5 - 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 Asankura from other places

Asankura lies about 30 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Banshlai Bridge, about 31 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 Asankura
Tehsil headquarters	Amrapara	2.9 km
District headquarters	Pakur	30 km
Nearest railway station	Banshlai Bridge	31 km

Villages closest to Asankura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asankura village had a population of 80. That makes it the 95th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Asankura village has 41 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asankura has about 951 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 995.

The pincode recorded for Asankura is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asankura covers 52.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Asankura falls under Amrapara tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Asankura is Banshlai Bridge, about 31 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Asankura.

Asankura is about 30 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asankura is in Amrapara tehsil of Pakur district. Amrapara is about 2.9 km away. Pakur is about 30 km away. Banshlai Bridge is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.