Asthana Population - Sheikhpura, Bihar

Asthana is a large village located in Shekhopur Sarai Block of Sheikhpura district, Bihar with total 376 families residing. The Asthana village has population of 2269 of which 1195 are males while 1074 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asthana village population of children with age 0-6 is 408 which makes up 17.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asthana village is 899 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Asthana as per census is 805, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Asthana village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Asthana village was 70.18 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Asthana Male literacy stands at 81.11 % while female literacy rate was 58.30 %.

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

Asthana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	376	-	-
Population	2,269	1,195	1,074
Child (0-6)	408	226	182
Schedule Caste	648	349	299
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	70.18 %	81.11 %	58.30 %
Total Workers	684	560	124
Main Worker	591	-	-
Marginal Worker	93	66	27

Caste Factor

Asthana village of Sheikhpura has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.56 % of total population in Asthana village. The village Asthana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Asthana village out of total population, 684 were engaged in work activities. 86.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 684 workers engaged in Main Work, 179 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 305 were Agricultural labourer.