Asansol is a Municipal Corporation city in district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Asansol city is divided into 50 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Asansol Municipal Corporation has population of 563,917 of which 292,387 are males while 271,530 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 60183 which is 10.67 % of total population of Asansol (M Corp). In Asansol Municipal Corporation, Female Sex Ratio is of 929 against state average of 950. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Asansol is around 922 compared to West Bengal state average of 956. Literacy rate of Asansol city is 83.30 % higher than state average of 76.26 %. In Asansol, Male literacy is around 88.31 % while female literacy rate is 77.90 %.
Asansol Municipal Corporation has total administration over 113,739 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipal Corporation limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Asansol 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Asansol Municipal Corporation in 2024 is approximately
799,000.
The schedule census of 2021 for Asansol city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Asansol city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Asansol town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Asansol Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.02 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.55 % of total population in Asansol (M Corp).
Asansol Work Profile
Out of total population, 183,877 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 155,189 were males while 28,688 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 183877 working population, 80.88 % were engaged in Main Work while 19.12 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.