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About Bara Asila Village

Bara Asila is a small village in Barharwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 132 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 758 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Asila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Asila village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Barharwa
Pincode 816105
Area (hectares) 145 hectares
Population 232
Male Population 132
Female Population 100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 758
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bara Asila compares

By the 2011 count Bara Asila is the 106th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 145 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Bara Asila

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

Bara Asila lies about 56 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Gumani, about 6.5 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 Bara Asila
Nearest railway station Gumani 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Barharwa 11 km
Nearest town Farakka 16 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 56 km

Villages closest to Bara Asila

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Asila village had a population of 232. That makes it the 106th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Bara Asila village has 132 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Asila has about 758 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Bara Asila is 816105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Asila covers 145 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bara Asila falls under Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bara Asila is Gumani, about 6.5 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 and private bus service as Available for Bara Asila.

Bara Asila is about 56 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Asila is in Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. Gumani is about 6.5 km away. Barharwa is about 11 km away. Farakka is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhota Asila (under 2 km), Jambad (under 2 km) and Anguthia (1.7 km).

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

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