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About Asafpur Village

Asafpur is a small village in Sikandrabad tehsil, in the district of Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 85 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111.7 hectares hectares.

Asafpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asafpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bulandshahr
Tehsil Sikandrabad
Area (hectares) 111.7 hectares
Population 160
Male Population 85
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Asafpur compares

By the 2011 count Asafpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,168 residents. Its 111.7 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Asafpur

Asafpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Asafpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Asafpur from other places

Asafpur lies about 26 km from Bulandshahr, and the nearest railway station is Sikandarpur, about 7.8 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 Asafpur
Nearest railway station Sikandarpur 7.8 km
Nearest town Khurja 14 km
District headquarters Bulandshahr 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Sikandrabad 28 km

Villages closest to Asafpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asafpur village had a population of 160. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,168 residents.

Asafpur village has 85 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asafpur has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Asafpur covers 111.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Asafpur falls under Sikandrabad tehsil of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Asafpur is Sikandarpur, about 7.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Asafpur.

Asafpur is about 26 km from Bulandshahr in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asafpur is in Sikandrabad tehsil of Bulandshahr district. Sikandarpur is about 7.8 km away. Khurja is about 14 km away. Bulandshahr is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Inayatpur (7.5 km), Kutwaya (8.7 km) and Shekhpurmam (9.3 km).

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

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