About Asta Village

Asta is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 177, made up of 95 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asta village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248196
Area (hectares)	148.45 hectares
Population	177
Male Population	95
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Asta compares

By the 2011 count Asta is the 92nd largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 148.45 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Asta

Asta is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Asta as Available within 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 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 20 km from Dehradun. 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	Kalsi	9.7 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	15 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	20 km

Villages closest to Asta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalsi 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 177. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Asta village has 95 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asta has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Asta is 248196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asta covers 148.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Asta falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Asta notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Asta is about 20 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asta is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 9.7 km away. Mussoorie is about 15 km away. Dehradun is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.