# Ashta Village, Pombhurna, Chandrapur (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Pombhurna, Chandrapur 

# Ashta

Ashta is a village in Pombhurna sub-district of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **700 people in 179 households**, the 31st largest of 58 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 700people (2011)
- 179households
- 69.6%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Ashta PIN code and other codes

Ashta falls in Pombhurna sub-district, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockPombhurna
- Census village code541504

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Ashta from nearby towns?

- Pombhurna (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Chandrapur (district HQ)49 km by road
- Mul (nearest town)49 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Ashta?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Ashta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pombhurna
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Pombhurna
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chandrapur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 15 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ashta known for?

About 70% of the 476 hectares of village land is sown, and 239 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Ashta

Of every 100 households in Ashta in 2011, 64 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ashta · ■ Pombhurna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**90%

Use banking services ****83%**

**57%

Television ****16%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****26%**

**48%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ashta?

■ Ashta · ■ Pombhurna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**1016

Working population ****63.6%**

**58.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 62.1% for women. 62% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 219 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (33%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 76 (17%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pombhurna

- Umari Potdar755 people
- Chak Ambe Dhanora735 people
- Umari Tukum715 people
- Borda Dixit714 people
- Chak Ashta693 people
- Borda Borkar687 people
- Dongar Haldi Tukum668 people
- Mahala Ryt.645 people

[All 71 villages in Pombhurna](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/chandrapur/pombhurna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ashta from Chandrapur?49 km by road
- What is the population of Ashta?700 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashta in?Chandrapur district (Pombhurna sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Ashta?69.6% (Census 2011)