# Asti Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Asti

Asti is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,302 people in 315 households**, the 45th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,302people (2011)
- 315households
- 83.7%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Asti

Of every 100 households in Asti in 2011, 28 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Asti · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****22%**

**33%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1444**

**953

Working population ****37.2%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 76.0% for women. 60% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (30%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 45 (9%) · **■** Marginal 237 (49%)

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 Egra - II

- Sahapur1,409 people
- Gangadhar Bar1,392 people
- Uttar Pathari1,353 people
- Garia1,325 people
- Bar Bhagia1,274 people
- Saharda1,262 people
- Aranga1,243 people
- Piraj Khan Bar1,176 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Asti?1,302 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asti in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Asti?83.7% (Census 2011)