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Asthawan Population - Sheikhpura, Bihar

Asthawan is a large village located in Chewara Block of Sheikhpura district, Bihar with total 349 families residing. The Asthawan village has population of 2405 of which 1285 are males while 1120 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asthawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 421 which makes up 17.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asthawan village is 872 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Asthawan as per census is 871, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Asthawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Asthawan village was 69.30 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Asthawan Male literacy stands at 78.58 % while female literacy rate was 58.66 %.

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

Asthawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 349 - -
Population 2,405 1,285 1,120
Child (0-6) 421 225 196
Schedule Caste 394 213 181
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.30 % 78.58 % 58.66 %
Total Workers 695 533 162
Main Worker 417 - -
Marginal Worker 278 155 123

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.38 % of total population in Asthawan village. The village Asthawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Asthawan village out of total population, 695 were engaged in work activities. 60.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 695 workers engaged in Main Work, 179 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 203 were Agricultural labourer.