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About Asta Village

Asta is a large village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,650, made up of 1,447 males and 1,203 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 478.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 212601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asta village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Fatehpur
Tehsil Fatehpur
Pincode 212601
Area (hectares) 478.65 hectares
Population 2,650
Male Population 1,447
Female Population 1,203
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 831
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 Asta compares

By the 2011 count Asta is the 88th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,924 residents. Its 478.65 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Asta

Asta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Asta 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 Asta from other places

Asta lies about 4.5 km from Fatehpur. 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 Asta
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 4.5 km

Villages closest to Asta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asta village had a population of 2,650. That makes it the 88th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,924 residents.

Asta village has 1,447 males and 1,203 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asta has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Asta is 212601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asta covers 478.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asta falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Fatehpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Asta notes the nearest railway station 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 Asta.

Asta is about 4.5 km from Fatehpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asta is in Fatehpur tehsil of Fatehpur district. Fatehpur is about 4.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bastapur (under 2 km), Aladadpur (under 2 km) and Hasnapur (1.6 km).

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

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