About Ashta Village

Ashta is a large village in Bhadravati tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,142, made up of 1,084 males and 1,058 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 775 hectares hectares.

Ashta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ashta village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Bhadravati
Area (hectares)	775 hectares
Population	2,142
Male Population	1,084
Female Population	1,058
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
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 6th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 731 residents. Its 775 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 943.

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 41 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Warora, about 24 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	Warora	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhadravati	26 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	41 km

Villages closest to Ashta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhadravati 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 2,142. That makes it the 6th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 731 residents.

Ashta village has 1,084 males and 1,058 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ashta has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Ashta covers 775 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ashta falls under Bhadravati tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ashta is Warora, about 24 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 41 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ashta is in Bhadravati tehsil of Chandrapur district. Warora is about 24 km away. Bhadravati is about 26 km away. Chandrapur is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.