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About Aswand Village

Aswand is a small village in Sangrampur tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 345, made up of 182 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 345.94 hectares hectares.

Aswand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aswand village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Buldana
Tehsil Sangrampur
Area (hectares) 345.94 hectares
Population 345
Male Population 182
Female Population 163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Aswand compares

By the 2011 count Aswand is the 76th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,443 residents. Its 345.94 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 953.

Getting to Aswand

Aswand is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Aswand as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Aswand from other places

Aswand lies about 76 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Shegaon, about 16 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 Aswand
Nearest town Telhāra 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Sangrampur 16 km
Nearest railway station Shegaon 16 km
District headquarters Buldana 76 km

Villages closest to Aswand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aswand village had a population of 345. That makes it the 76th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,443 residents.

Aswand village has 182 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aswand has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Aswand covers 345.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Aswand falls under Sangrampur tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Aswand is Shegaon, about 16 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Aswand.

Aswand is about 76 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aswand is in Sangrampur tehsil of Buldana district. Telhāra is about 13 km away. Sangrampur is about 16 km away. Shegaon is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kundhegaon (under 2 km), Takali Panchgavhan (1.6 km) and Wangar (1.8 km).

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

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