# Asta Kola Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Asta Kola

Asta Kola is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **111 people in 22 households**, the 488th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 111people (2011)
- 22households
- 73.3%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Asta Kola

Of every 100 households in Asta Kola in 2011, 86 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Asta Kola · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****100%**

**58%

Television ****41%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Asta Kola?

■ Asta Kola · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**960

Working population ****61.3%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 72.0% for women. 62% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 19 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (6%) · **■** Marginal 44 (65%)

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 Keshpur

- Shalika118 people
- Nata Gerya114 people
- Ghana Geria113 people
- Kush Pota112 people
- Jam Pal110 people
- Malikurya110 people
- Baladeb Khamar109 people
- Amligerya107 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Asta Kola?111 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asta Kola in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Asta Kola?73.3% (Census 2011)