# Kesta Village, Kotdwara, Garhwal (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Kotdwara, Garhwal 

# Kesta

Kesta is a village in Kotdwara sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **349 people in 85 households**, the 67th largest of 301 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 349people (2011)
- 85households
- 79.9%literacy
- 1,077females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kesta

Of every 100 households in Kesta in 2011, 66 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kesta · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**29%

Tap water ****89%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**60%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**39%

Use banking services ****5%**

**85%

Television ****1%**

**73%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**22%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****33%**

**12%

Own their home ****99%**

**80%

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 Kesta?

■ Kesta · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1077**

**1048

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****643**

**873

Working population ****5.7%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.4% for men and 65.6% for women. 11% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (5%) · **■** Other work 9 (45%) · **■** Marginal 10 (50%)

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 Kotdwara

- Juwa379 people
- Sarda Lagga Jogyana359 people
- Mathana Bichala/ Mathana Talla/ Mathana Malla356 people
- Kalodi352 people
- Nalibadi Badoli Nalichoti344 people
- Amsaur339 people
- Bhanwansi339 people
- Boantha338 people

[All 315 villages in Kotdwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/garhwal/kotdwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kesta?349 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kesta in?Garhwal district (Kotdwara sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kesta?79.9% (Census 2011)