# Ashatganja Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Ashatganja

Ashatganja is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,878 people in 701 households**, the 8th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 2,878people (2011)
- 701households
- 71.6%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ashatganja

Of every 100 households in Ashatganja in 2011, 56 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ashatganja · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**85%

Tap water ****13%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****53%**

**77%

Use banking services ****57%**

**51%

Television ****40%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**22%

Own their home ****94%**

**97%

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 Ashatganja?

■ Ashatganja · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**980

Working population ****36.4%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 61.1% for women. 55% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (12%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 738 (70%) · **■** Marginal 114 (11%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Narayanpur3,591 people
- Khandagram3,295 people
- Lahagram3,275 people
- Kendula3,232 people
- Chinpai2,760 people
- Kukutia2,743 people
- Khoj Mahammadpur2,652 people
- Tapaspur2,427 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ashatganja?2,878 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashatganja in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ashatganja?71.6% (Census 2011)