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About Asua Village

Asua is a small village in Farakka tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 90 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asua village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Farakka
Pincode 742212
Area (hectares) 64.69 hectares
Population 173
Male Population 90
Female Population 83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
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 Asua compares

By the 2011 count Asua is the 51st largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,051 residents. Its 64.69 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 965.

Getting to Asua

Asua is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Asua 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. The nearest villages by name are Alaipur, Andhua, Anuppur and Arazi Jot Sundar. 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 Asua

As per the Census of India 2011, Asua village had a population of 173. That makes it the 51st largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,051 residents.

Asua village has 90 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asua has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Asua is 742212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asua covers 64.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asua falls under Farakka tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The census record for Asua notes the nearest railway station 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 Asua.

Asua is in Farakka tehsil of Murshidabad 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 Asua today is likely to be higher.

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