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About Ashapur Village

Ashapur is a mid sized village in Mhow tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 955, made up of 487 males and 468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 311.7 hectares hectares.

Ashapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ashapur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Indore
Tehsil Mhow
Area (hectares) 311.7 hectares
Population 955
Male Population 487
Female Population 468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 961
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Ashapur compares

By the 2011 count Ashapur is the 68th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents. Its 311.7 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Ashapur

Ashapur 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 Ashapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ashapur from other places

Ashapur lies about 26 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Patalpani Waterfall, about 4.9 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 Ashapur
Nearest railway station Patalpani Waterfall 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Mhow 6.9 km
District headquarters Indore 26 km

Villages closest to Ashapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ashapur village had a population of 955. That makes it the 68th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Ashapur village has 487 males and 468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ashapur has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 946.

Ashapur covers 311.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ashapur falls under Mhow tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ashapur is Patalpani Waterfall, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ashapur.

Ashapur is about 26 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ashapur is in Mhow tehsil of Indore district. Patalpani Waterfall is about 4.9 km away. Mhow is about 6.9 km away. Indore is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malendi (2.0 km), Kelod (3.5 km) and Berchha (3.9 km).

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

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