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About Chhota Asila Village

Chhota Asila is a small village in Barharwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 65, made up of 39 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhota Asila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhota Asila village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Barharwa
Pincode 816101
Area (hectares) 78 hectares
Population 65
Male Population 39
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chhota Asila compares

By the 2011 count Chhota Asila is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 78 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Chhota Asila

Chhota Asila is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chhota Asila as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chhota Asila from other places

Chhota 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 Chhota 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 Chhota 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 Chhota Asila

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhota Asila village had a population of 65. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Chhota Asila village has 39 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhota Asila has about 667 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 Chhota Asila is 816101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhota Asila covers 78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chhota 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chhota Asila.

Chhota 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.

Chhota 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 Bara 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 Chhota Asila today is likely to be higher.

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