About Asura Village

Asura is a mid sized village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 699, made up of 344 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asura village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Kharsawan
Pincode	833220
Area (hectares)	93 hectares
Population	699
Male Population	344
Female Population	355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Asura compares

By the 2011 count Asura is the 47th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 93 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Asura

Asura is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Asura as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Asura from other places

Asura lies about 13 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Mahali Marup, about 1.8 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	Mahali Marup	1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsawan	6.5 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	13 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	23 km

Villages closest to Asura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharsawan 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 699. That makes it the 47th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Asura village has 344 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asura has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Asura is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asura covers 93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Asura falls under Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Asura is Mahali Marup, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Asura.

Asura is about 13 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asura is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Mahali Marup is about 1.8 km away. Kharsawan is about 6.5 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.