# Keshiara Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Keshiara

Keshiara is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,922 people in 1,392 households**, the 2nd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 6,922people (2011)
- 1,392households
- 62.3%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keshiara

Of every 100 households in Keshiara in 2011, 27 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Keshiara · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****5%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**67%

Use banking services ****18%**

**43%

Television ****14%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Keshiara?

■ Keshiara · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**908

Working population ****37.6%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 50.2% for women. 50% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 451 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 584 (22%) · **■** Household industry 40 (2%) · **■** Other work 299 (11%) · **■** Marginal 1,228 (47%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Gangajal Ghati8,708 people
- Bhairabpur4,669 people
- Raidihi3,813 people
- Kapishtha3,757 people
- Gobinda Dham3,650 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keshiara?6,922 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keshiara in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keshiara?62.3% (Census 2011)