# Katora Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Katora

Katora is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,457 people in 297 households**, the 40th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,457people (2011)
- 297households
- 55.5%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katora

Of every 100 households in Katora in 2011, 17 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Katora · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**81%

Use banking services ****30%**

**44%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Katora?

■ Katora · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****782**

**946

Working population ****40.5%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.0% for men and 45.0% for women. 56% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (48%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 64 (11%) · **■** Marginal 156 (26%)

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 Patrasayer

- Naricha1,531 people
- Balsi Purbapara1,516 people
- Keshabpur1,468 people
- Bhutura1,463 people
- Deulpara1,445 people
- Purba Naldanga1,425 people
- Tashuli1,422 people
- Baraban1,401 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Katora?1,457 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katora in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Katora?55.5% (Census 2011)