Astia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Astia is a medium size village located in Nayagram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 91 families residing. The Astia village has population of 385 of which 180 are males while 205 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Astia village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 15.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Astia village is 1139 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Astia as per census is 1231, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Astia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Astia village was 38.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Astia Male literacy stands at 53.25 % while female literacy rate was 25.43 %.

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

Astia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	91	-	-
Population	385	180	205
Child (0-6)	58	26	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	385	180	205
Literacy	38.53 %	53.25 %	25.43 %
Total Workers	181	118	63
Main Worker	76	-	-
Marginal Worker	105	54	51

Caste Factor

In Astia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Astia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Astia village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Astia village out of total population, 181 were engaged in work activities. 41.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 181 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.