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Asharda Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Asharda is a medium size village located in Binpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 144 families residing. The Asharda village has population of 646 of which 313 are males while 333 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asharda village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 11.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asharda village is 1064 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Asharda as per census is 714, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Asharda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Asharda village was 41.99 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Asharda Male literacy stands at 61.25 % while female literacy rate was 24.75 %.

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

Asharda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 144 - -
Population 646 313 333
Child (0-6) 72 42 30
Schedule Caste 626 305 321
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 41.99 % 61.25 % 24.75 %
Total Workers 428 210 218
Main Worker 211 - -
Marginal Worker 217 71 146

Caste Factor

In Asharda village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 96.90 % of total population in Asharda village. The village Asharda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Asharda village out of total population, 428 were engaged in work activities. 49.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 428 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 203 were Agricultural labourer.