# Keotsar Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Keotsar

Keotsar is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **228 people in 57 households**, the 249th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 228people (2011)
- 57households
- 88.0%literacy
- 1,111females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keotsar

Of every 100 households in Keotsar in 2011, 91 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Keotsar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**33%

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

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****38%**

**41%

Television ****30%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**26%

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 Keotsar?

■ Keotsar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1111**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**965

Working population ****29.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 91.3% for women. 61% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 51 (76%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (18%) · **■** Other work 3 (4%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Balurghat

- Satihar246 people
- Ghugudanga241 people
- Chhiashi239 people
- Mobarakpur235 people
- Chak Durga217 people
- Paschim Jagannathpur212 people
- Chak Bijoyshri205 people
- Kasimbi205 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keotsar?228 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keotsar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keotsar?88.0% (Census 2011)