About Ashta Village

Ashta is a small village in Samudrapur tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 499, made up of 257 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 389.49 hectares hectares.

Ashta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ashta village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Wardha
Tehsil	Samudrapur
Area (hectares)	389.49 hectares
Population	499
Male Population	257
Female Population	242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
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 76th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 389.49 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

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 39 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Borkhedi, 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 Ashta
Nearest railway station	Borkhedi	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samudrapur	14 km
Nearest town	Hinganghāt	28 km
District headquarters	Wardha	39 km

Villages closest to Ashta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Samudrapur 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 499. That makes it the 76th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Ashta village has 257 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ashta has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Ashta covers 389.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ashta falls under Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ashta is Borkhedi, 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 Ashta.

Ashta is about 39 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ashta is in Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district. Borkhedi is about 10 km away. Samudrapur is about 14 km away. Hinganghāt is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.