About Ashta Village

Ashta is a large village in Gulbarga tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,061, made up of 1,083 males and 978 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1437.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ashta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ashta village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Gulbarga
Pincode	585104
Area (hectares)	1437.62 hectares
Population	2,061
Male Population	1,083
Female Population	978
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ashta compares

By the 2011 count Ashta is the 53rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,158 residents. Its 1437.62 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Ashta

Ashta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ashta 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ashta from other places

Ashta lies about 14 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Taj Sultanpur, about 9.4 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 Ashta
Nearest railway station	Taj Sultanpur	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gulbarga	14 km
Nearest town	Kalaburagi	14 km

Villages closest to Ashta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ashta village had a population of 2,061. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,158 residents.

Ashta village has 1,083 males and 978 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ashta has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Ashta is 585104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ashta covers 1437.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ashta falls under Gulbarga tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ashta is Taj Sultanpur, about 9.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ashta.

Ashta is about 14 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ashta is in Gulbarga tehsil of Gulbarga district. Taj Sultanpur is about 9.4 km away. Gulbarga is about 14 km away. Kalaburagi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.