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

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Keshra

Keshra is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **723 people in 153 households**, the 75th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 723people (2011)
- 153households
- 90.2%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keshra

Of every 100 households in Keshra in 2011, 64 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Keshra · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****36%**

**56%

Use banking services ****70%**

**58%

Television ****46%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Keshra?

■ Keshra · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.2%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**924

Working population ****28.2%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 81.9% for women. 45% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (3%) · **■** Household industry 10 (5%) · **■** Other work 152 (75%) · **■** Marginal 27 (13%)

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

- Maukura772 people
- Ailta768 people
- Kharigara754 people
- Manoharpur736 people
- Rampur720 people
- Sonarekh707 people
- Katnar706 people
- Radhanagar694 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keshra?723 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keshra in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keshra?90.2% (Census 2011)