# Ashna Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Ashna

Ashna is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **590 people in 149 households**, the 46th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 590people (2011)
- 149households
- 61.5%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ashna

Of every 100 households in Ashna in 2011, 41 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ashna · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**88%

Tap water ****50%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****32%**

**34%

Television ****17%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****8%**

**23%

Own their home ****95%**

**98%

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 Ashna?

■ Ashna · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**952

Working population ****41.4%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.0% for men and 49.8% for women. 55% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (24%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 32 (13%) · **■** Marginal 93 (38%)

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 Rajnagar

- Madarpur606 people
- Jahanabad603 people
- Talpukur598 people
- Bandi595 people
- Gobra588 people
- Kuralmatia583 people
- Mahishagram540 people
- Sundarkhela535 people

[All 98 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ashna?590 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashna in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ashna?61.5% (Census 2011)