About Asta Village

Asta is a large village in Garautha tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,176, made up of 1,677 males and 1,499 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1818.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 284202, 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	Jhansi
Tehsil	Garautha
Pincode	284202
Area (hectares)	1818.51 hectares
Population	3,176
Male Population	1,677
Female Population	1,499
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Asta compares

By the 2011 count Asta is the 8th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 1818.51 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

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 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 67 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Parauna, about 25 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 Asta
Nearest town	Gursarāi	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garautha	12 km
Nearest railway station	Parauna	25 km
District headquarters	Jhansi	67 km

Villages closest to Asta

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

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Common questions about Asta

As per the Census of India 2011, Asta village had a population of 3,176. That makes it the 8th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Asta village has 1,677 males and 1,499 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asta has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

The pincode recorded for Asta is 284202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asta covers 1818.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Asta falls under Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Asta is Parauna, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 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 67 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asta is in Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district. Gursarāi is about 5.2 km away. Garautha is about 12 km away. Parauna is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.