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Asair Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Asair is a medium size village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 134 families residing. The Asair village has population of 588 of which 292 are males while 296 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asair village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 10.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asair village is 1014 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Asair as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Asair village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Asair village was 66.10 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Asair Male literacy stands at 74.81 % while female literacy rate was 57.52 %.

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

Asair Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 134 - -
Population 588 292 296
Child (0-6) 60 30 30
Schedule Caste 14 7 7
Schedule Tribe 493 243 250
Literacy 66.10 % 74.81 % 57.52 %
Total Workers 331 179 152
Main Worker 140 - -
Marginal Worker 191 53 138

Caste Factor

In Asair village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.84 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.38 % of total population in Asair village.

Work Profile

In Asair village out of total population, 331 were engaged in work activities. 42.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 331 workers engaged in Main Work, 108 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.