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About Asair Village

Asair is a mid sized village in Balurghat tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 588, made up of 292 males and 296 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asair Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asair village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Balurghat
Pincode 733102
Area (hectares) 158.88 hectares
Population 588
Male Population 292
Female Population 296
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
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 Asair compares

By the 2011 count Asair is the 134th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 158.88 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Asair

Asair is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Asair 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. The nearest villages by name are Akhira, Alipur, Amril and Amritakhanda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Asair

As per the Census of India 2011, Asair village had a population of 588. That makes it the 134th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Asair village has 292 males and 296 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asair has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Asair is 733102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asair covers 158.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asair falls under Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Asair 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 Asair.

Asair is in Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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