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

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Asti

Asti is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **797 people in 212 households**, the 75th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 797people (2011)
- 212households
- 84.7%literacy
- 1,065females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Asti

Of every 100 households in Asti in 2011, 38 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Asti · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****68%**

**60%

Television ****18%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.7%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1065**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1576**

**942

Working population ****37.3%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.9% for men and 76.6% for women. 53% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 60 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (5%) · **■** Other work 26 (9%) · **■** Marginal 197 (66%)

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 Pingla

- Baguabar845 people
- Dhandashira844 people
- Siti Binda843 people
- Raj Ballabh819 people
- Bhatia797 people
- Chak Krishnadas770 people
- Khanbi Chak766 people
- Madhya Jetha764 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Asti?797 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asti in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Asti?84.7% (Census 2011)