About Astariya Village

Astariya is a mid sized village in Pandhana tehsil, in the district of Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,045, made up of 557 males and 488 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 890.29 hectares hectares.

Astariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Astariya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khandwa
Tehsil	Pandhana
Area (hectares)	890.29 hectares
Population	1,045
Male Population	557
Female Population	488
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Astariya compares

By the 2011 count Astariya is the 57th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,765 residents. Its 890.29 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 939.

Getting to Astariya

Astariya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Astariya 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Astariya from other places

Astariya lies about 30 km from Khandwa, and the nearest railway station is Dongargaon, about 22 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 Astariya
Tehsil headquarters	Pandhana	11 km
Nearest railway station	Dongargaon	22 km
District headquarters	Khandwa	30 km
Nearest town	Nepānagar	30 km

Villages closest to Astariya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Astariya village had a population of 1,045. That makes it the 57th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,765 residents.

Astariya village has 557 males and 488 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Astariya has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Astariya covers 890.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Astariya falls under Pandhana tehsil of Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Astariya is Dongargaon, about 22 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Astariya.

Astariya is about 30 km from Khandwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Astariya is in Pandhana tehsil of Khandwa district. Pandhana is about 11 km away. Dongargaon is about 22 km away. Khandwa is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.