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About Asu Village

Asu is a large village in Paranda tehsil, in the district of Osmanabad, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,745, made up of 1,469 males and 1,276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1239.88 hectares hectares.

Asu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asu village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Osmanabad
Tehsil Paranda
Area (hectares) 1239.88 hectares
Population 2,745
Male Population 1,469
Female Population 1,276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Asu compares

By the 2011 count Asu is the 8th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 1239.88 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Asu

Asu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Asu 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 Asu from other places

Asu lies about 54 km from Osmanabad, and the nearest railway station is Shendri, about 10 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 Asu
Tehsil headquarters Paranda 8.6 km
Nearest railway station Shendri 10 km
Nearest town Barshi 17 km
District headquarters Osmanabad 54 km

Villages closest to Asu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asu village had a population of 2,745. That makes it the 8th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Asu village has 1,469 males and 1,276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asu has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 892.

Asu covers 1239.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asu falls under Paranda tehsil of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Asu is Shendri, about 10 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 Asu.

Asu is about 54 km from Osmanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asu is in Paranda tehsil of Osmanabad district. Paranda is about 8.6 km away. Shendri is about 10 km away. Barshi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saranwadi (1.7 km), Brahmagaon (2.5 km) and Dhagpimpri (2.5 km).

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

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