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Astak Population - Bhadrak, Orissa

Astak is a large village located in Dhusuri Block of Bhadrak district, Orissa with total 512 families residing. The Astak village has population of 2433 of which 1273 are males while 1160 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Astak village population of children with age 0-6 is 241 which makes up 9.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Astak village is 911 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Astak as per census is 734, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Astak village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Astak village was 88.46 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Astak Male literacy stands at 94.27 % while female literacy rate was 82.23 %.

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

Astak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 512 - -
Population 2,433 1,273 1,160
Child (0-6) 241 139 102
Schedule Caste 493 260 233
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.46 % 94.27 % 82.23 %
Total Workers 780 718 62
Main Worker 652 - -
Marginal Worker 128 101 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.26 % of total population in Astak village. The village Astak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Astak village out of total population, 780 were engaged in work activities. 83.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 780 workers engaged in Main Work, 215 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 321 were Agricultural labourer.