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About Asal Village

Asal is a mid sized village in Patti tehsil, in the district of Tarn Taran, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,872, made up of 974 males and 898 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143416, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Tarn Taran
Tehsil Patti
Pincode 143416
Area (hectares) 356 hectares
Population 1,872
Male Population 974
Female Population 898
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Asal compares

By the 2011 count Asal is the 66th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,894 residents. Its 356 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

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 village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Asal from other places

Asal lies about 22 km from Tarn Taran. 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
Tehsil headquarters Patti 2.4 km
District headquarters Tarn Taran 22 km

Villages closest to Asal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patti 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 1,872. That makes it the 66th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,894 residents.

Asal village has 974 males and 898 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asal has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Asal is 143416. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asal covers 356 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asal falls under Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab.

The census record for Asal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Asal.

Asal is about 22 km from Tarn Taran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asal is in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district. Patti is about 2.4 km away. Tarn Taran is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thakarpura (under 2 km), Bhagupura (1.8 km) and Patti (2.4 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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