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Asanya Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Asanya is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 107 families residing. The Asanya village has population of 573 of which 290 are males while 283 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asanya village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 11.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asanya village is 976 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Asanya as per census is 1161, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Asanya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Asanya village was 61.66 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Asanya Male literacy stands at 82.63 % while female literacy rate was 39.68 %.

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

Asanya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 107 - -
Population 573 290 283
Child (0-6) 67 31 36
Schedule Caste 193 88 105
Schedule Tribe 379 202 177
Literacy 61.66 % 82.63 % 39.68 %
Total Workers 172 155 17
Main Worker 165 - -
Marginal Worker 7 4 3

Caste Factor

In Asanya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 66.14 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 33.68 % of total population in Asanya village.

Work Profile

In Asanya village out of total population, 172 were engaged in work activities. 95.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 172 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.