# Keota Village, Dalsinghsarai, Samastipur (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/samastipur/dalsinghsarai/keota/ Village · Dalsinghsarai, Samastipur # Keota Keota is a village in Dalsinghsarai sub-district of Samastipur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **14,531 people in 2,919 households**, the 2nd largest of 45 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.9%. - 14,531people (2011) - 2,919households - 59.8%literacy - 919females per 1,000 males ## Keota PIN code and other codes Keota falls in Dalsinghsarai sub-district, Samastipur district, Bihar. - Gram panchayatKeota - Community development blockDalsinghsarai - Census village code237040 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Keota from nearby towns? - Dalsinghsarai (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Samastipur (district HQ)30 km by road - Dalsinghsarai (nearest town)3 km by road Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What facilities are there in Keota? 15 services counted by the Census are inside Keota; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 6 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 4 govt - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 - ●Post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dalsinghsarai - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Dalsinghsarai - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Darbhanga - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 3 h winter Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Keota known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 74% of the 693 hectares of village land is sown, and 216 hectares are irrigated. Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Homes and amenities in Keota Of every 100 households in Keota in 2011, 5 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Keota · ■ Dalsinghsarai rural average Electricity for lighting ****5%** **6% Toilet within the home ****16%** **17% No toilet (open defecation) ****83%** **83% Tap water ****2%** **3% Drinking water within premises ****40%** **37% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%** **4% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%** **93% Use banking services ****33%** **36% Television ****8%** **8% Mobile phone ****44%** **47% Computer with internet ****1%** **1% Two-wheeler ****7%** **6% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **1% None of these assets ****33%** **26% Own their home ****98%** **98% 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 Keota? ■ Keota · ■ Dalsinghsarai rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%** **62.9% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919** **912 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974** **943 Working population ****27.4%** **30.2% ### Women and men Literacy is 68.4% for men and 50.3% for women. 47% of men and 6% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 692 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,573 (39%) · **■** Household industry 26 (1%) · **■** Other work 948 (24%) · **■** Marginal 745 (19%) 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 Dalsinghsarai - Mukhtarpur Salkhani14,972 people - Nawada12,131 people - Panr10,922 people - Kamrawan10,919 people - Rampur Jalalpur10,832 people [All 47 villages in Dalsinghsarai](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/samastipur/dalsinghsarai/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Keota from Samastipur?30 km by road - What is the population of Keota?14,531 (Census 2011) - Which district is Keota in?Samastipur district (Dalsinghsarai sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Keota?59.8% (Census 2011)