# Kesar Village, Shohratgarh, Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shohratgarh, Siddharthnagar 

# Kesar

Kesar is a village in Shohratgarh sub-district of Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **342 people in 61 households**, the 307th largest of 351 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.5%.

- 342people (2011)
- 61households
- 54.4%literacy
- 1,408females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kesar

Of every 100 households in Kesar in 2011, 32 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kesar · ■ Shohratgarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**89%

Tap water ****2%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**96%

Use banking services ****67%**

**79%

Television ****21%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**11%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

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 Kesar?

■ Kesar · ■ Shohratgarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.4%**

**57.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1408**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**928

Working population ****38.6%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 44.5% for women. 41% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 85 (64%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (27%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 9 (7%)

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 Shohratgarh

- Bharhani Dehat367 people
- Bhat Purawa355 people
- Akheraiya344 people
- Gaya Ghat342 people
- Kapiya Rajit337 people
- Marwatiya Degar327 people
- Merhawa323 people
- Anawa Dih322 people

[All 366 villages in Shohratgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/siddharthnagar/shohratgarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kesar?342 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kesar in?Siddharthnagar district (Shohratgarh sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kesar?54.4% (Census 2011)