Astapura Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Astapura is a medium size village located in Barsahi Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 164 families residing. The Astapura village has population of 656 of which 332 are males while 324 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Astapura village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 11.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Astapura village is 976 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Astapura as per census is 1235, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Astapura village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Astapura village was 78.10 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Astapura Male literacy stands at 87.58 % while female literacy rate was 68.09 %.

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

Astapura Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	164	-	-
Population	656	332	324
Child (0-6)	76	34	42
Schedule Caste	314	150	164
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	78.10 %	87.58 %	68.09 %
Total Workers	392	197	195
Main Worker	132	-	-
Marginal Worker	260	70	190

Caste Factor

In Astapura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.87 % of total population in Astapura village. The village Astapura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Astapura village out of total population, 392 were engaged in work activities. 33.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 392 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 89 were Agricultural labourer.