Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Asta Population - Deoghar, Jharkhand

Asta is a medium size village located in Palojori Block of Deoghar district, Jharkhand with total 142 families residing. The Asta village has population of 961 of which 504 are males while 457 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asta village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 20.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asta village is 907 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Asta as per census is 914, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Asta village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Asta village was 59.74 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Asta Male literacy stands at 73.68 % while female literacy rate was 44.32 %.

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 142 - -
Population 961 504 457
Child (0-6) 201 105 96
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 191 107 84
Literacy 59.74 % 73.68 % 44.32 %
Total Workers 296 219 77
Main Worker 103 - -
Marginal Worker 193 125 68

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 19.88 % of total population in Asta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Asta village of Deoghar.

Work Profile

In Asta village out of total population, 296 were engaged in work activities. 34.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 296 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.