# Ashwatthapur, Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur – Population

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Ashwatthapur

Ashwatthapur is a village in [Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,920 people in 344 households**, the 23rd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,920people (2011)
- 344households
- 85.2%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ashwatthapur

Of every 100 households in Ashwatthapur in 2011, 71 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ashwatthapur · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**12%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****75%**

**51%

Television ****36%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Ashwatthapur?

■ Ashwatthapur · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.2%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1282**

**929

Working population ****39.3%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.9% for men and 77.5% for women. 55% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 285 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (3%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 126 (17%) · **■** Marginal 316 (42%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Sadi2,152 people
- Jatimati2,133 people
- Medinipur2,083 people
- Chandapur1,944 people
- Ramnagar1,914 people
- Kantabani1,896 people
- Dedanri1,812 people
- Bodhora1,775 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ashwatthapur?1,920 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashwatthapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ashwatthapur?85.2% (Census 2011)