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About Asanbani Village

Asanbani is a small village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 399, made up of 198 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asanbani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asanbani village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Barhait
Pincode 816109
Area (hectares) 165.9 hectares
Population 399
Male Population 198
Female Population 201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
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 Asanbani compares

By the 2011 count Asanbani is the 74th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 165.9 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Asanbani

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

Asanbani lies about 8.8 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 6.4 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 Asanbani
Nearest railway station Karanpurato 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Barhait 8.8 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 8.8 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 8.8 km

Villages closest to Asanbani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asanbani village had a population of 399. That makes it the 74th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Asanbani village has 198 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asanbani has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Asanbani is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asanbani covers 165.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asanbani falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Asanbani is Karanpurato, about 6.4 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 Asanbani.

Asanbani is about 8.8 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asanbani is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karanpurato is about 6.4 km away. Barhait is about 8.8 km away. Sahibganj is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kasari (2.9 km), Mirkabedo (3.8 km) and Mirkajoka (3.8 km).

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

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