# Asti Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Asti

Asti is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **409 people in 82 households**, the 126th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 409people (2011)
- 82households
- 86.8%literacy
- 1,055females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Asti

Of every 100 households in Asti in 2011, 82 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Asti · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**59%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**39%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****20%**

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**62%

Television ****26%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Asti?

■ Asti · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1055**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**963

Working population ****30.6%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.5% for men and 77.7% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (5%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 40 (32%) · **■** Marginal 14 (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 Dantan - I

- Patbanda423 people
- Nagpara421 people
- Hasimpur419 people
- Sijua410 people
- Benadubi392 people
- Jamgadi389 people
- Anipara388 people
- Chaturapal382 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Asti?409 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asti in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Asti?86.8% (Census 2011)