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Asta Population - Deoghar, Jharkhand

Asta is a medium size village located in Madhupur Block of Deoghar district, Jharkhand with total 286 families residing. The Asta village has population of 1621 of which 829 are males while 792 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asta village population of children with age 0-6 is 415 which makes up 25.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asta village is 955 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Asta as per census is 995, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Asta village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Asta village was 51.49 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Asta Male literacy stands at 66.02 % while female literacy rate was 36.07 %.

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

Asta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 286 - -
Population 1,621 829 792
Child (0-6) 415 208 207
Schedule Caste 5 2 3
Schedule Tribe 371 189 182
Literacy 51.49 % 66.02 % 36.07 %
Total Workers 396 384 12
Main Worker 42 - -
Marginal Worker 354 344 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 22.89 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.31 % of total population in Asta village.

Work Profile

In Asta village out of total population, 396 were engaged in work activities. 10.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 396 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.