# Ashatara Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Ashatara

Ashatara is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **638 people in 132 households**, the 47th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 638people (2011)
- 132households
- 68.0%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ashatara

Of every 100 households in Ashatara in 2011, 32 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ashatara · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****40%**

**50%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ashatara?

■ Ashatara · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1103**

**969

Working population ****48.3%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 48.3% for women. 52% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 270 (88%) · **■** Other work 20 (6%) · **■** 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 Hirbandh

- Mirgi721 people
- Biradihi705 people
- Kaliapathar687 people
- Jamdahara654 people
- Chalka633 people
- Chatanibaid627 people
- Aralbara608 people
- Bangopalpur605 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ashatara?638 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashatara in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ashatara?68.0% (Census 2011)