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Astara Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Astara is a medium size village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 408 families residing. The Astara village has population of 1741 of which 898 are males while 843 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Astara village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 9.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Astara village is 939 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Astara as per census is 892, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Astara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Astara village was 90.97 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Astara Male literacy stands at 94.72 % while female literacy rate was 87.00 %.

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

Astara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 408 - -
Population 1,741 898 843
Child (0-6) 157 83 74
Schedule Caste 9 4 5
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.97 % 94.72 % 87.00 %
Total Workers 750 571 179
Main Worker 392 - -
Marginal Worker 358 221 137

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.52 % of total population in Astara village. The village Astara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Astara village out of total population, 750 were engaged in work activities. 52.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 750 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 78 were Agricultural labourer.