Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Pastia Population - Katihar, Bihar

Pastia is a large village located in Azamnagar Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 498 families residing. The Pastia village has population of 2213 of which 1171 are males while 1042 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pastia village population of children with age 0-6 is 454 which makes up 20.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pastia village is 890 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pastia as per census is 908, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Pastia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pastia village was 51.28 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pastia Male literacy stands at 60.45 % while female literacy rate was 40.92 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Pastia 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 Pastia village.

Pastia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 498 - -
Population 2,213 1,171 1,042
Child (0-6) 454 238 216
Schedule Caste 68 36 32
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.28 % 60.45 % 40.92 %
Total Workers 808 605 203
Main Worker 795 - -
Marginal Worker 13 9 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.07 % of total population in Pastia village. The village Pastia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pastia village out of total population, 808 were engaged in work activities. 98.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 808 workers engaged in Main Work, 163 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 614 were Agricultural labourer.