# Keshatara Village, Taldangra, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Taldangra, Bankura 

# Keshatara

Keshatara is a village in Taldangra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **808 people in 164 households**, the 64th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 808people (2011)
- 164households
- 71.7%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keshatara

Of every 100 households in Keshatara in 2011, 48 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Keshatara · ■ Taldangra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****94%**

**59%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**19%

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 Keshatara?

■ Keshatara · ■ Taldangra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****812**

**978

Working population ****40.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 59.7% for women. 58% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (24%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (9%) · **■** Marginal 144 (44%)

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 Taldangra

- Tulderya841 people
- Jugda838 people
- Patharjora822 people
- Brahmandiha812 people
- Mahulbera780 people
- Belsulya759 people
- Kadamara758 people
- Tirra727 people

[All 145 villages in Taldangra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/taldangra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keshatara?808 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keshatara in?Bankura district (Taldangra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keshatara?71.7% (Census 2011)