About Asta Village

Asta is a large village in Barghat tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,095, made up of 1,554 males and 1,541 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 652.92 hectares hectares.

Asta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asta village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Seoni
Tehsil	Barghat
Area (hectares)	652.92 hectares
Population	3,095
Male Population	1,554
Female Population	1,541
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Asta compares

By the 2011 count Asta is the 7th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents. Its 652.92 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Asta

Asta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Asta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Asta from other places

Asta lies about 32 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Lakhanwara, about 18 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 Asta
Tehsil headquarters	Barghat	14 km
Nearest railway station	Lakhanwara	18 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	30 km
District headquarters	Seoni	32 km

Villages closest to Asta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asta village had a population of 3,095. That makes it the 7th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents.

Asta village has 1,554 males and 1,541 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asta has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

Asta covers 652.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asta falls under Barghat tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Asta is Lakhanwara, about 18 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 village for Asta.

Asta is about 32 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asta is in Barghat tehsil of Seoni district. Barghat is about 14 km away. Lakhanwara is about 18 km away. Wārāseonī is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.