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About Asanwar Village

Asanwar is a large village in Rasra tehsil, in the district of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,788, made up of 2,016 males and 1,772 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235.33 hectares hectares.

Asanwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asanwar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ballia
Tehsil Rasra
Area (hectares) 235.33 hectares
Population 3,788
Male Population 2,016
Female Population 1,772
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Asanwar compares

By the 2011 count Asanwar is the 36th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents. Its 235.33 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Asanwar

The census records public bus service for Asanwar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Asanwar from other places

Asanwar lies about 31 km from Ballia, and the nearest railway station is Lalkuan Junction, about 17 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 Asanwar
Nearest railway station Lalkuan Junction 17 km
Nearest town Sitārganj 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Rasra 31 km
District headquarters Ballia 31 km

Villages closest to Asanwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asanwar village had a population of 3,788. That makes it the 36th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents.

Asanwar village has 2,016 males and 1,772 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asanwar has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Asanwar covers 235.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Asanwar falls under Rasra tehsil of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Asanwar is Lalkuan Junction, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Asanwar.

Asanwar is about 31 km from Ballia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asanwar is in Rasra tehsil of Ballia district. Lalkuan Junction is about 17 km away. Sitārganj is about 19 km away. Rasra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gajadharpur (under 2 km), Gaziapur T Harpur (under 2 km) and Harpur (under 2 km).

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

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