Astia Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Astia is a medium size village located in Rasagobindapur Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 77 families residing. The Astia village has population of 405 of which 205 are males while 200 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Astia village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 14.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Astia village is 976 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Astia as per census is 966, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Astia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Astia village was 68.97 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Astia Male literacy stands at 81.82 % while female literacy rate was 55.81 %.

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	77	-	-
Population	405	205	200
Child (0-6)	57	29	28
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	375	192	183
Literacy	68.97 %	81.82 %	55.81 %
Total Workers	197	112	85
Main Worker	83	-	-
Marginal Worker	114	58	56

Caste Factor

In Astia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.59 % 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, 197 were engaged in work activities. 42.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 197 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.