Ashar Population, Caste, Working Data Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - Census 2011

Ashar is a village situated in Varanasi tehsil of Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 150 families residing in the village Ashar. The total population of Ashar is 945 out of which 495 are males and 450 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Ashar is 909.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Ashar village is 141 which is 15% of the total population. There are 75 male children and 66 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Ashar is 880 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (909) of Ashar village.

Population
945
Families
150
Literacy
73.38%
Sex Ratio
909

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Ashar is 73.4%. Thus Ashar village has higher literacy rate compared to 65.4% of Varanasi district. The male literacy rate is 82.14% and the female literacy rate is 63.8% in Ashar village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Ashar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Ashar Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Ashar village.

Total Male Female
Children 141 75 66
Literacy 73.38% 82.14% 63.8%
Scheduled Caste 185 98 87
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 355 150 205

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.6% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Ashar village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Ashar village out of total population, 253 were engaged in work activities. 92.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 253 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 235 202 33
Cultivators 71 64 7
Agriculture Labourer 112 100 12
Household Industries 4 2 2
Other Workers 48 36 12
Marginal Workers 18 14 4
Non Working 692 279 413

Nearby Villages to Ashar,

Below are the list of villages near Ashar village in Varanasi.

Village Population
Bansipur 1,216
Baherwa 1,119
Chakarpanpur 1,743
Bhikhipur 1,093
Bibhauri 439
Pratappur 3,662
Bhanjanpur 266
Gaur Madhukar Shahpur 9,077
Dhoraee 85
Kosara 586

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