About Astai Village

Astai is a large village in Jamalpur tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,191, made up of 1,099 males and 1,092 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713166, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Astai compares

By the 2011 count Astai is the 49th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,201 residents. Its 223.9 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Astai

Astai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Astai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Ajapur, Ajhapur, Amarpur and Amra. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.