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About Asenga Village

Asenga is a small village in Mohammad Bazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 369, made up of 191 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asenga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asenga village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Mohammad Bazar
Pincode 731132
Area (hectares) 85.24 hectares
Population 369
Male Population 191
Female Population 178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Asenga compares

By the 2011 count Asenga is the 104th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents. Its 85.24 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Asenga

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

How far is Asenga from other places

Asenga lies about 33 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Kunuri, about 5.6 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 Asenga
Nearest railway station Kunuri 5.6 km
Nearest town Sainthia 6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohammad Bazar 33 km
District headquarters Birbhum 33 km

Villages closest to Asenga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mohammad Bazar 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 Asenga

As per the Census of India 2011, Asenga village had a population of 369. That makes it the 104th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents.

Asenga village has 191 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asenga has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Asenga is 731132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asenga covers 85.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asenga falls under Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Asenga is Kunuri, about 5.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Asenga.

Asenga is about 33 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asenga is in Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Kunuri is about 5.6 km away. Sainthia is about 6.9 km away. Mohammad Bazar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gournagar (under 2 km), Katunia (1.7 km) and Baram (2.5 km).

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

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