# Keshia Village, Bankura - II, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Keshia

Keshia is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **557 people in 115 households**, the 90th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 557people (2011)
- 115households
- 63.0%literacy
- 1,401females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keshia

Of every 100 households in Keshia in 2011, 40 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Keshia · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****34%**

**56%

Use banking services ****99%**

**58%

Television ****39%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Keshia?

■ Keshia · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1401**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**924

Working population ****39.1%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 57.7% for women. 54% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (5%) · **■** Other work 86 (39%) · **■** Marginal 121 (56%)

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 Bankura - II

- Emokundi604 people
- Teleghra601 people
- Banmadhabpur578 people
- Chhirabasta570 people
- Barakalajharia503 people
- Sankarhati481 people
- Banhambirpur480 people
- Upar Dihi479 people

[All 154 villages in Bankura - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keshia?557 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keshia in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keshia?63.0% (Census 2011)