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Astal Population - Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

Astal is a medium size village located in Dunda Tehsil of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand with total 94 families residing. The Astal village has population of 499 of which 230 are males while 269 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Astal village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 12.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Astal village is 1170 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Astal as per census is 882, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Astal village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Astal village was 75.17 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Astal Male literacy stands at 94.90 % while female literacy rate was 59.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Astal village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Astal village.

Astal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 94 - -
Population 499 230 269
Child (0-6) 64 34 30
Schedule Caste 318 147 171
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.17 % 94.90 % 59.00 %
Total Workers 242 104 138
Main Worker 215 - -
Marginal Worker 27 16 11

Caste Factor

In Astal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.73 % of total population in Astal village. The village Astal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Astal village out of total population, 242 were engaged in work activities. 88.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 242 workers engaged in Main Work, 196 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.