# Ashte Village, Pen, Raigarh (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Pen, Raigarh 

# Ashte

Ashte is a village in Pen sub-district of Raigarh district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **378 people in 89 households**, the 112th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 378people (2011)
- 89households
- 76.3%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Ashte PIN code and other codes

Ashte falls in Pen sub-district, Raigarh district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockPen
- Census village code553911

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

## How far is Ashte from nearby towns?

- Pen (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Alibag (district HQ)25 km by road
- Pen (nearest town)17 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 Ashte?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Ashte; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Pen
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pen
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Panvel
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 16 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 Ashte known for?

Products made here include notebook. About 78% of the 163 hectares of village land is sown, and 124 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 Ashte

Of every 100 households in Ashte in 2011, 92 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ashte · ■ Pen rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**27%

Tap water ****91%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**37%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**57%

Use banking services ****91%**

**53%

Television ****53%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**91%

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 Ashte?

■ Ashte · ■ Pen rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**968

Working population ****43.1%**

**45.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 69.3% for women. 63% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (6%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 92 (56%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Pen

- Kalai435 people
- Chinchghar427 people
- Ghote425 people
- Jui Habbas Khani419 people
- Bahiramwatak368 people
- Pabal361 people
- Mohili Khalsa359 people
- Khar Jambola357 people

[All 169 villages in Pen](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/raigarh/pen/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ashte from Alibag?25 km by road
- What is the population of Ashte?378 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashte in?Raigarh district (Pen sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Ashte?76.3% (Census 2011)