# Keshabchak Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Keshabchak

Keshabchak is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,569 people in 666 households**, the 20th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 2,569people (2011)
- 666households
- 75.4%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keshabchak

Of every 100 households in Keshabchak in 2011, 70 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Keshabchak · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**28%

Tap water ****4%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**80%

Use banking services ****77%**

**55%

Television ****27%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**14%

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 Keshabchak?

■ Keshabchak · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**949

Working population ****39.0%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 69.4% for women. 61% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 37 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (9%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 199 (20%) · **■** Marginal 670 (67%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Teghari3,099 people
- Baidyapur3,088 people
- Ramnarayanpur2,801 people
- Tyagra2,783 people
- Hauli2,498 people
- Bajitpur2,473 people
- Bishnubati2,374 people
- Madpur2,350 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keshabchak?2,569 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keshabchak in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keshabchak?75.4% (Census 2011)