# Kastara Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Kastara

Kastara is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,461 people in 307 households**, the 27th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 1,461people (2011)
- 307households
- 60.5%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kastara

Of every 100 households in Kastara in 2011, 59 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kastara · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**91%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**7%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**66%

Use banking services ****39%**

**45%

Television ****22%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Kastara?

■ Kastara · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**939

Working population ****32.4%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.5% for men and 51.0% for women. 52% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 35 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (23%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 101 (21%) · **■** Marginal 227 (48%)

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 Saltora

- Shalroha1,552 people
- Rautara1,551 people
- Tentularakh1,474 people
- Dhekia1,473 people
- Kamalhir1,459 people
- Nimra1,445 people
- Kultuka1,410 people
- Belebad1,398 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kastara?1,461 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kastara in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kastara?60.5% (Census 2011)