# Ashta Village, Digras, Yavatmal (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Digras, Yavatmal 

# Ashta

Ashta is a village in Digras sub-district of Yavatmal district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,186 people in 264 households**, the 37th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 1,186people (2011)
- 264households
- 80.9%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Ashta PIN code and other codes

Ashta falls in Digras sub-district, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockDigras
- Census village code542721

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?

- Digras (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Yavatmal (district HQ)60 km by road
- Digras (nearest town)22 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?

10 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 · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kalgaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Digras
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pusad
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 14 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 72% of the 697 hectares of village land is sown, and 468 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, 72 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ashta · ■ Digras rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**72%

Tap water ****52%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****70%**

**50%

Television ****36%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**52%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Ashta?

■ Ashta · ■ Digras rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1051**

**920

Working population ****50.5%**

**50.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 74.0% for women. 56% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 247 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 261 (44%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (3%) · **■** Marginal 71 (12%)

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 Digras

- Wai1,220 people
- Chirkuta1,213 people
- Rohana1,209 people
- Gandhinagar1,192 people
- Dolambawadi1,144 people
- Ramnagar1,132 people
- Dhanora1,067 people
- Vasantnagar1,049 people

[All 80 villages in Digras](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/yavatmal/digras/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ashta from Yavatmal?60 km by road
- What is the population of Ashta?1,186 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashta in?Yavatmal district (Digras sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Ashta?80.9% (Census 2011)