# Keja Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Keja

Keja is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,075 people in 707 households**, the 22nd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 3,075people (2011)
- 707households
- 68.4%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keja

Of every 100 households in Keja in 2011, 25 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Keja · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**43%

Tap water ****44%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**74%

Use banking services ****72%**

**39%

Television ****24%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Keja?

■ Keja · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**973

Working population ****41.2%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 61.4% for women. 61% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 186 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 446 (35%) · **■** Household industry 54 (4%) · **■** Other work 255 (20%) · **■** Marginal 326 (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 Memari - I

- Bagila3,459 people
- Punyagram3,325 people
- Debipur3,175 people
- Salda3,121 people
- Shimla2,974 people
- Kalshi2,897 people
- Nudipur2,893 people
- Bijra2,860 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keja?3,075 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keja in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keja?68.4% (Census 2011)