About Asti Village

Asti is a small village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 168, made up of 85 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721517, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asti village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Sankrail
Pincode	721517
Area (hectares)	38.89 hectares
Population	168
Male Population	85
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
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 Asti compares

By the 2011 count Asti is the 197th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 38.89 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Asti

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

Asti lies about 81 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Joka, about 5.7 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 Asti
Nearest railway station	Joka	5.7 km
Nearest town	Maheshtala	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankrail	11 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	81 km

Villages closest to Asti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asti village had a population of 168. That makes it the 197th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Asti village has 85 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asti has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Asti is 721517. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asti covers 38.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asti falls under Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Asti is Joka, about 5.7 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 Asti.

Asti is about 81 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asti is in Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Joka is about 5.7 km away. Maheshtala is about 6.3 km away. Sankrail is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.