# Kesna Village, Majhgaon, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Majhgaon, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Kesna

Kesna is a village in Majhgaon sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833214**. The 2011 Census counted **780 people in 155 households**, the 34th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 780people (2011)
- 155households
- 59.9%literacy
- 833214PIN code

## Kesna PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kesna is 833214.** Kesna falls in Majhgaon sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833214
- Gram panchayatSonaposi
- Community development blockMajhgaon
- Census village code378479

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kesna from nearby towns?

- Jagarnathpur (sub-district HQ)40 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ)65 km by road
- Chaibasa (nearest town)65 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 Kesna?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Kesna; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Majhgaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chibasa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 5 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 Kesna known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 13% of the 394 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Kesna

Of every 100 households in Kesna in 2011, 96 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kesna · ■ Majhgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**94%

Tap water ****87%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**100%

Use banking services ****28%**

**24%

Television ****8%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**15%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**38%

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 Kesna?

■ Kesna · ■ Majhgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.9%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1102**

**1024

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****743**

**998

Working population ****71.0%**

**54.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 48.0% for women. 69% of men and 73% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (4%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (2%) · **■** Marginal 433 (78%)

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 Majhgaon

- Ambaimarcha873 people
- Tartaria842 people
- Sanparsa792 people
- Mahalipokhar784 people
- Ichapi748 people
- Baliyapada743 people
- Mangapat741 people
- Buruikuti710 people

[All 88 villages in Majhgaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/majhgaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kesna?833214
- How far is Kesna from Chaibasa?65 km by road
- What is the population of Kesna?780 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kesna in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Majhgaon sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kesna?59.9% (Census 2011)