Asthawan is one of the 20 blocks located in Nalanda district in rural Bihar.
[1] Asthawan approved as Nagar Panchayat by Bihar Government According to the 2011 census, the population here was about 14 thousand.
At present the population of Asthawan Nagar panchayat is more than 17 thousand.
In 2011, literacy rate of Asthawan village was 64.91 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar.
Following colleges, schools and educational institutions are located here Syed Suleman Nadvi Manazir Ahsan Gilani Siddheshwar Prasad Moin-ul-Haq Abdul Qavi Desnavi