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About Asgharpur Village

Asgharpur is a small village in Laksar tehsil, in the district of Hardwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 152, made up of 89 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 708 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247663, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asgharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asgharpur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Hardwar
Tehsil Laksar
Pincode 247663
Area (hectares) 88 hectares
Population 152
Male Population 89
Female Population 63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 708
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Asgharpur compares

By the 2011 count Asgharpur is the 118th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,637 residents. Its 88 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, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Asgharpur

Asgharpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Asgharpur as Available within 5 - 10 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Asgharpur from other places

Asgharpur lies about 32 km from Hardwar, and the nearest railway station is Laksar Junction, about 6.2 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 Asgharpur
Nearest railway station Laksar Junction 6.2 km
Nearest town Manglaur 14 km
District headquarters Hardwar 32 km

Villages closest to Asgharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asgharpur village had a population of 152. That makes it the 118th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,637 residents.

Asgharpur village has 89 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asgharpur has about 708 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Asgharpur is 247663. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asgharpur covers 88 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.

Asgharpur falls under Laksar tehsil of Hardwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Asgharpur is Laksar Junction, about 6.2 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 <5 km distance for Asgharpur.

Asgharpur is about 32 km from Hardwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asgharpur is in Laksar tehsil of Hardwar district. Laksar Junction is about 6.2 km away. Manglaur is about 14 km away. Hardwar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gordhanpur (under 2 km), Rajpur (under 2 km) and Dharmupur (under 2 km).

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

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