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Athua Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Athua is a medium size village located in Sagardighi Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 346 families residing. The Athua village has population of 1654 of which 833 are males while 821 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Athua village population of children with age 0-6 is 274 which makes up 16.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Athua village is 986 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Athua as per census is 1404, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Athua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Athua village was 67.39 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Athua Male literacy stands at 72.18 % while female literacy rate was 62.18 %.

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

Athua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 346 - -
Population 1,654 833 821
Child (0-6) 274 114 160
Schedule Caste 129 69 60
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.39 % 72.18 % 62.18 %
Total Workers 564 511 53
Main Worker 447 - -
Marginal Worker 117 78 39

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.80 % of total population in Athua village. The village Athua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Athua village out of total population, 564 were engaged in work activities. 79.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 564 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 233 were Agricultural labourer.