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Asura Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Asura is a medium size village located in Jashipur Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 100 families residing. The Asura village has population of 443 of which 204 are males while 239 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asura village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 24.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asura village is 1172 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Asura as per census is 912, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Asura village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Asura village was 41.02 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Asura Male literacy stands at 53.06 % while female literacy rate was 31.55 %.

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

Asura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 100 - -
Population 443 204 239
Child (0-6) 109 57 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 436 202 234
Literacy 41.02 % 53.06 % 31.55 %
Total Workers 248 113 135
Main Worker 60 - -
Marginal Worker 188 71 117

Caste Factor

In Asura village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.42 % of total population in Asura village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Asura village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Asura village out of total population, 248 were engaged in work activities. 24.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 248 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.