# Keotara Village, Jamalpur, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamalpur, Barddhaman 

# Keotara

Keotara is a village in Jamalpur sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,318 people in 318 households**, the 77th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 1,318people (2011)
- 318households
- 80.9%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keotara

Of every 100 households in Keotara in 2011, 40 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Keotara · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**46%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**84%

Use banking services ****46%**

**65%

Television ****26%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****43%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Keotara?

■ Keotara · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**982

Working population ****42.0%**

**44.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 74.0% for women. 57% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 332 (60%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 138 (25%) · **■** Marginal 39 (7%)

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 Jamalpur

- Kanakpur1,375 people
- Haragobindapur1,351 people
- Jotsubal1,338 people
- Jotkrishtai1,328 people
- Halara1,301 people
- Keliri1,297 people
- Chak Muzafarpur1,269 people
- Bhairabpur1,257 people

[All 123 villages in Jamalpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/jamalpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keotara?1,318 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keotara in?Barddhaman district (Jamalpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keotara?80.9% (Census 2011)