About Asura Village

Asura is a large village in Jhinkpani tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,112, made up of 1,471 males and 1,641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,116 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1010.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asura village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Jhinkpani
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	1010.75 hectares
Population	3,112
Male Population	1,471
Female Population	1,641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,116
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Asura compares

By the 2011 count Asura is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,508 residents. Its 1010.75 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Asura

Asura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Asura as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Asura from other places

Asura lies about 22 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Singhpokharia, about 4.5 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 Asura
Nearest railway station	Singhpokharia	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jhinkpani	9.5 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	9.5 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	22 km

Villages closest to Asura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asura village had a population of 3,112. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,508 residents.

Asura village has 1,471 males and 1,641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asura has about 1116 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

The pincode recorded for Asura is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asura covers 1010.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asura falls under Jhinkpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Asura is Singhpokharia, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Asura.

Asura is about 22 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asura is in Jhinkpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Singhpokharia is about 4.5 km away. Jhinkpani is about 9.5 km away. Chāībāsa is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.