# Kestara Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Kestara

Kestara is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **998 people in 231 households**, the 51st largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 998people (2011)
- 231households
- 40.1%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kestara

Of every 100 households in Kestara in 2011, 17 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kestara · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**86%

Use banking services ****15%**

**20%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****71%**

**46%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Kestara?

■ Kestara · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.1%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1104**

**983

Working population ****32.6%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.8% for men and 31.2% for women. 58% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 185 (57%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 35 (11%) · **■** Marginal 40 (12%)

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 Murarai - I

- Sitachar1,108 people
- Sanfua1,102 people
- Bandhaipur1,059 people
- Dakshin Kasila1,036 people
- Fatepur997 people
- Chanchali898 people
- Birahimpur889 people
- Singhanagar857 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kestara?998 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kestara in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kestara?40.1% (Census 2011)