About Ban Ashuria Village

Ban Ashuria is a large village in Gangajalghati tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,078, made up of 1,055 males and 1,023 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 376.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722166, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Ashuria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Ashuria village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Tehsil	Gangajalghati
Pincode	722166
Area (hectares)	376.44 hectares
Population	2,078
Male Population	1,055
Female Population	1,023
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
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 Ban Ashuria compares

By the 2011 count Ban Ashuria is the 25th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents. Its 376.44 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Ban Ashuria

Ban Ashuria is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ban Ashuria 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 Ban Ashuria from other places

Ban Ashuria lies about 26 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Raniganj, about 16 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 Ban Ashuria
Tehsil headquarters	Gangajalghati	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Raniganj	16 km
Nearest town	Rānīganj	17 km
District headquarters	Bankura	26 km

Villages closest to Ban Ashuria

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gangajalghati 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 Ban Ashuria

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban Ashuria village had a population of 2,078. That makes it the 25th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents.

Ban Ashuria village has 1,055 males and 1,023 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Ashuria has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Ban Ashuria is 722166. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban Ashuria covers 376.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ban Ashuria falls under Gangajalghati tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Ban Ashuria is Raniganj, about 16 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 Ban Ashuria.

Ban Ashuria is about 26 km from Bankura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ban Ashuria is in Gangajalghati tehsil of Bankura district. Gangajalghati is about 6.5 km away. Raniganj is about 16 km away. Rānīganj is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.