About Asafwala Village

Asafwala is a mid sized village in Fazilka tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,752, made up of 926 males and 826 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asafwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asafwala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Firozpur
Tehsil	Fazilka
Pincode	152123
Area (hectares)	329 hectares
Population	1,752
Male Population	926
Female Population	826
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Asafwala compares

By the 2011 count Asafwala is the 81st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents. Its 329 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 913.

Getting to Asafwala

Asafwala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Asafwala as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Asafwala from other places

Asafwala lies about 87 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Jandwala, about 7.2 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 Asafwala
Tehsil headquarters	Fazilka	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Jandwala	7.2 km
District headquarters	Firozpur	87 km

Villages closest to Asafwala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asafwala village had a population of 1,752. That makes it the 81st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents.

Asafwala village has 926 males and 826 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asafwala has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Asafwala is 152123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asafwala covers 329 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asafwala falls under Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Asafwala is Jandwala, about 7.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Asafwala.

Asafwala is about 87 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asafwala is in Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district. Fazilka is about 7.0 km away. Jandwala is about 7.2 km away. Firozpur is about 87 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.