# Asta Village, Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Asta

Asta is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,105 people in 253 households**, the 80th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 1,105people (2011)
- 253households
- 83.0%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Asta

Of every 100 households in Asta in 2011, 62 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Asta · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****40%**

**37%

Television ****44%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**37%

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 Asta?

■ Asta · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.0%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**965

Working population ****37.2%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 77.0% for women. 64% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 39 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (16%) · **■** Household industry 40 (10%) · **■** Other work 164 (40%) · **■** Marginal 102 (25%)

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 Falta

- Ahamadpur1,163 people
- Budhagram1,161 people
- Kaikhali1,115 people
- Doluipur1,111 people
- Guthari1,089 people
- Narayan Bere1,056 people
- Purba Gopalpur1,038 people
- Bayaria1,037 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Asta?1,105 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asta in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Asta?83.0% (Census 2011)