# Asnan Village, Moyna, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Moyna, Purba Medinipur 

# Asnan

Asnan is a village in Moyna sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,234 people in 286 households**, the 65th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 1,234people (2011)
- 286households
- 87.4%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Asnan

Of every 100 households in Asnan in 2011, 26 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Asnan · ■ Moyna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**18%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****36%**

**31%

Television ****11%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**32%

Own their home ****91%**

**96%

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 Asnan?

■ Asnan · ■ Moyna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.4%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**940

Working population ****37.7%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 79.3% for women. 54% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 80 (17%) · **■** Marginal 313 (67%)

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 Moyna

- Kalika Danri1,365 people
- Hajari Chak1,307 people
- Kish0R Chak1,284 people
- Sridharpur1,252 people
- Charandas Chak1,191 people
- Harkuli Bhandar Chak1,183 people
- Balbhadra Chak1,114 people
- Nishchinta Chak1,099 people

[All 85 villages in Moyna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/moyna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Asnan?1,234 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asnan in?Purba Medinipur district (Moyna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Asnan?87.4% (Census 2011)