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Ashtongu Population - Bandipora, Jammu and Kashmir

Ashtongu is a large village located in Bandipora Tehsil of Bandipora district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 601 families residing. The Ashtongu village has population of 4074 of which 2122 are males while 1952 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ashtongu village population of children with age 0-6 is 639 which makes up 15.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ashtongu village is 920 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Ashtongu as per census is 960, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Ashtongu village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Ashtongu village was 69.02 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Ashtongu Male literacy stands at 78.90 % while female literacy rate was 58.21 %.

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

Ashtongu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 601 - -
Population 4,074 2,122 1,952
Child (0-6) 639 326 313
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 11 10 1
Literacy 69.02 % 78.90 % 58.21 %
Total Workers 1,644 941 703
Main Worker 563 - -
Marginal Worker 1,081 439 642

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.27 % of total population in Ashtongu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ashtongu village of Bandipora.

Work Profile

In Ashtongu village out of total population, 1644 were engaged in work activities. 34.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1644 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.