By population, Astara ranks #3 of 90 villages in Tarakeswar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Astara is a village of 6,590 people in 1,516 households (Census 2011) in Tarakeswar block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 3rd-largest of 90 villages in Tarakeswar block. Literacy is 76%, 4 points above the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 922 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 712401, served by Champadanga post office; the LGD village code is 324506. The sarpanch is PALASH LOHAR, and the village votes in Haripal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhumita Ghosh. The population is estimated at 7,770 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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