# Keshabpur Village, Arambag, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arambag, Hugli 

# Keshabpur

Keshabpur is a village in Arambag sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,687 people in 2,762 households**, the 2nd largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 12,687people (2011)
- 2,762households
- 79.5%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keshabpur

Of every 100 households in Keshabpur in 2011, 80 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Keshabpur · ■ Arambag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**30%

Tap water ****20%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**88%

Use banking services ****30%**

**42%

Television ****24%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Keshabpur?

■ Keshabpur · ■ Arambag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**959

Working population ****37.8%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 72.4% for women. 62% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1,085 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 985 (21%) · **■** Household industry 184 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,272 (26%) · **■** Marginal 1,274 (27%)

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 Arambag

- Gaurhati13,084 people
- Mayapur10,871 people
- Malaypur8,465 people
- Dahar Kundu6,464 people
- Salepur5,965 people

[All 159 villages in Arambag](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/arambag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keshabpur?12,687 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keshabpur in?Hugli district (Arambag sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keshabpur?79.5% (Census 2011)