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About Bara Asthi Village

Bara Asthi is a mid sized village in Dumaria tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,239, made up of 602 males and 637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Asthi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Asthi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Dumaria
Pincode 831002
Area (hectares) 199 hectares
Population 1,239
Male Population 602
Female Population 637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,058
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bara Asthi compares

By the 2011 count Bara Asthi is the 13th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 688 residents. Its 199 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Bara Asthi

Bara Asthi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bara Asthi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bara Asthi from other places

Bara Asthi lies about 109 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is PadapaharJunction, about 14 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 Bara Asthi
Nearest railway station PadapaharJunction 14 km
Nearest town Bada Barabīl 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Dumaria 27 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 109 km

Villages closest to Bara Asthi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumaria 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 Bara Asthi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Asthi village had a population of 1,239. That makes it the 13th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 688 residents.

Bara Asthi village has 602 males and 637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Asthi has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Bara Asthi is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Asthi covers 199 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bara Asthi falls under Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bara Asthi is PadapaharJunction, about 14 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 village for Bara Asthi.

Bara Asthi is about 109 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Asthi is in Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. PadapaharJunction is about 14 km away. Bada Barabīl is about 23 km away. Dumaria is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara Botla (under 2 km), Hatnabera (3.7 km) and Bankati (9.4 km).

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

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