Astia Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Astia is a medium size village located in Jharpokharia Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 193 families residing. The Astia village has population of 753 of which 368 are males while 385 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Astia village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 16.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Astia village is 1046 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Astia as per census is 1211, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Astia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Astia village was 45.61 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Astia Male literacy stands at 58.20 % while female literacy rate was 33.23 %.

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	193	-	-
Population	753	368	385
Child (0-6)	126	57	69
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	664	329	335
Literacy	45.61 %	58.20 %	33.23 %
Total Workers	471	239	232
Main Worker	16	-	-
Marginal Worker	455	226	229

Caste Factor

In Astia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.18 % of total population in Astia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Astia village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Astia village out of total population, 471 were engaged in work activities. 3.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 471 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.