About Asura Village

Asura is a mid sized village in Gauriganj tehsil, in the district of Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 562, made up of 300 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 227411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asura village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sultanpur
Tehsil	Gauriganj
Pincode	227411
Area (hectares)	30.72 hectares
Population	562
Male Population	300
Female Population	262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Asura compares

By the 2011 count Asura is the 202nd largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,536 residents. Its 30.72 hectares work out to about 18 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 999.

Getting to Asura

Asura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Asura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Asura from other places

Asura lies about 46 km from Sultanpur, and the nearest railway station is Bani, about 5.0 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 Asura
Nearest railway station	Bani	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gauriganj	7.9 km
Nearest town	Jais	11 km
District headquarters	Sultanpur	46 km

Villages closest to Asura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asura village had a population of 562. That makes it the 202nd largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,536 residents.

Asura village has 300 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asura has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Asura is 227411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asura covers 30.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Asura falls under Gauriganj tehsil of Sultanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Asura is Bani, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 10+ km distance for Asura.

Asura is about 46 km from Sultanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asura is in Gauriganj tehsil of Sultanpur district. Bani is about 5.0 km away. Gauriganj is about 7.9 km away. Jais is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.