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Asha Population - Kishanganj, Bihar

Asha is a medium size village located in Terhagachh Block of Kishanganj district, Bihar with total 197 families residing. The Asha village has population of 1019 of which 540 are males while 479 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asha village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 15.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asha village is 887 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Asha as per census is 851, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Asha village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Asha village was 49.07 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Asha Male literacy stands at 57.62 % while female literacy rate was 39.51 %.

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

Asha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 197 - -
Population 1,019 540 479
Child (0-6) 161 87 74
Schedule Caste 40 20 20
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.07 % 57.62 % 39.51 %
Total Workers 327 301 26
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 156 141 15

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.93 % of total population in Asha village. The village Asha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Asha village out of total population, 327 were engaged in work activities. 52.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 327 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.