# Asana Village, Sikanderpur, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sikanderpur, Ballia 

# Asana

Asana is a village in Sikanderpur sub-district of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,737 people in 285 households**, the 60th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 1,737people (2011)
- 285households
- 71.3%literacy
- 1,001females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Asana

Of every 100 households in Asana in 2011, 9 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Asana · ■ Sikanderpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**63%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****80%**

**78%

Television ****19%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Asana?

■ Asana · ■ Sikanderpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1001**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**903

Working population ****44.9%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 59.3% for women. 47% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 587 (75%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 50 (6%) · **■** Marginal 50 (6%)

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 Sikanderpur

- Ahirouli Jagir1,849 people
- Haripur1,759 people
- Banhara1,744 people
- Raxa Dannia1,742 people
- Hardiya Jamin Hardiya1,734 people
- Sarya Khabaspur1,718 people
- Chak Usralla1,675 people
- Bijulipur1,672 people

[All 241 villages in Sikanderpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ballia/sikanderpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Asana?1,737 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asana in?Ballia district (Sikanderpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Asana?71.3% (Census 2011)