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About Asankhat Village

Asankhat is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 136, made up of 59 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,305 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asankhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asankhat village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 84.51 hectares
Population 136
Male Population 59
Female Population 77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,305
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Asankhat compares

By the 2011 count Asankhat is the 203rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 84.51 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Asankhat

The census records public bus service for Asankhat as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Asankhat from other places

Asankhat lies about 13 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 22 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 Asankhat
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 8.3 km
District headquarters Garhwal 13 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 22 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 22 km

Villages closest to Asankhat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asankhat village had a population of 136. That makes it the 203rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Asankhat village has 59 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asankhat has about 1305 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Asankhat is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asankhat covers 84.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Asankhat falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Asankhat is Kotdwara, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Asankhat.

Asankhat is about 13 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asankhat is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 8.3 km away. Garhwal is about 13 km away. Kotdwara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jogiyana (under 2 km), Dhaniya Kot (under 2 km) and Jakh Malla (under 2 km).

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

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