Village · Jaypur, Bankura
# Kataban

Kataban is a village in Jaypur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 499 people in 106 households, the 101st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.
- 499 people (2011)
- 106 households
- 56.5% literacy
- 1,012 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kataban

Of every 100 households in Kataban in 2011, 47 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kataban · ■ Jaypur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 47% 54%
- Toilet within the home 3% 27%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 73%
- Tap water 0% 12%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 16%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 79%
- Use banking services 99% 62%
- Television 4% 24%
- Mobile phone 14% 40%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 10%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 15% 12%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kataban?

■ Kataban · ■ Jaypur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 56.5% 74.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1012 958
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 711 951
- Working population 46.9% 40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 42.4% for women. 53% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 7 (3%) · ■ Farm labourers 5 (2%) · ■ Other work 10 (4%) · ■ Marginal 212 (91%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Jaypur
- P0Rairi 556 people
- Haldu 542 people
- Bhandargar 510 people
- Ramchandrapur 508 people
- Khiraibani 490 people
- Panchpeke 467 people
- Chandabil 461 people
- Parashe 461 people

All 139 villages in Jaypur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kataban? 499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kataban in? Bankura district (Jaypur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kataban? 56.5% (Census 2011)

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