# Asti Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Asti

Asti is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **183 people in 43 households**, the 315th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 183people (2011)
- 43households
- 72.4%literacy
- 1,205females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Asti

Of every 100 households in Asti in 2011, 54 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Asti · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**38%

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

**14%

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

**86%

Tap water ****7%**

**4%

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

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****19%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Asti?

■ Asti · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1205**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**979

Working population ****56.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 64.7% for women. 59% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (16%) · **■** Other work 5 (5%) · **■** Marginal 81 (79%)

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 Jhargram

- Kusumghati191 people
- Mantipa188 people
- Gamaria187 people
- Kuldiha185 people
- Kutusgerya183 people
- Bhangaband181 people
- Kanya Duba181 people
- Nandalalapur181 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Asti?183 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asti in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Asti?72.4% (Census 2011)