# Ketna Village, Galsi - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Galsi - II, Barddhaman 

# Ketna

Ketna is a village in Galsi - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,745 people in 400 households**, the 32nd largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,745people (2011)
- 400households
- 78.7%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ketna

Of every 100 households in Ketna in 2011, 38 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ketna · ■ Galsi - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**81%

Use banking services ****87%**

**66%

Television ****12%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Ketna?

■ Ketna · ■ Galsi - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**953

Working population ****43.2%**

**44.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 71.2% for women. 61% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 375 (50%) · **■** Household industry 47 (6%) · **■** Other work 62 (8%) · **■** Marginal 239 (32%)

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 Galsi - II

- Parsura2,050 people
- Garamba2,041 people
- Chakmuria1,899 people
- Pilgram1,746 people
- Sankari1,725 people
- Mithapur1,695 people
- Mohanpur1,675 people
- Gomai1,629 people

[All 73 villages in Galsi - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/galsi-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ketna?1,745 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ketna in?Barddhaman district (Galsi - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ketna?78.7% (Census 2011)