# Ashte Village, Dahanu, Thane (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Dahanu, Thane 

# Ashte

Ashte is a village in Dahanu sub-district of Thane district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,075 people in 245 households**, the 135th largest of 173 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.0%.

- 1,075people (2011)
- 245households
- 50.5%literacy
- 1,048females per 1,000 males

## Ashte PIN code and other codes

Ashte falls in Dahanu sub-district, Thane district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockDahanu
- Census village code551657

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?

- Dahanu (sub-district HQ)50 km by road
- Thane (district HQ)125 km by road
- Dahanu (nearest town)50 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?

13 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 · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kalamdevi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dahanu
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Vangaon
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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?

The main crops are **rice**. About 13% of the 926 hectares of village land is sown, and 119 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, 44 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ashte · ■ Dahanu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**62%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**82%

Use banking services ****61%**

**40%

Television ****14%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****48%**

**48%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 · ■ Dahanu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.5%**

**55.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1048**

**1025

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**979

Working population ****67.1%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 30.0% for women. 66% of men and 68% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 56 (8%) · **■** Marginal 652 (90%)

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 Dahanu

- Khambale1,104 people
- Bandhghar1,103 people
- Urse1,095 people
- Kosesari1,092 people
- Tadiyale1,062 people
- Tanashi1,053 people
- Varkhande1,041 people
- Phanaswadi1,032 people

[All 173 villages in Dahanu](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/thane/dahanu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ashte from Thane?125 km by road
- What is the population of Ashte?1,075 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashte in?Thane district (Dahanu sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Ashte?50.5% (Census 2011)