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About Asal Village

Asal is a mid sized village in Firozpur tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,458, made up of 760 males and 698 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Firozpur
Pincode 152002
Area (hectares) 257 hectares
Population 1,458
Male Population 760
Female Population 698
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Asal compares

By the 2011 count Asal is the 79th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,115 residents. Its 257 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Asal

Asal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Asal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Asal from other places

Asal lies about 5.2 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Firozpur City Junction, about 5.1 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 Asal
Nearest railway station Firozpur City Junction 5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Firozpur 5.2 km

Villages closest to Asal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asal village had a population of 1,458. That makes it the 79th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,115 residents.

Asal village has 760 males and 698 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asal has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 906.

The pincode recorded for Asal is 152002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asal covers 257 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asal falls under Firozpur tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Asal is Firozpur City Junction, about 5.1 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Asal.

Asal is about 5.2 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asal is in Firozpur tehsil of Firozpur district. Firozpur City Junction is about 5.1 km away. Firozpur is about 5.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baghel Singhwala (under 2 km), Khane Ke Ahal (1.5 km) and Pir Ahmad Khanwala (1.6 km).

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

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