# Ketera Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/ketera/

Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Ketera

Ketera is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,012 people in 534 households**, the 32nd largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 2,012people (2011)
- 534households
- 88.2%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ketera

Of every 100 households in Ketera in 2011, 77 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ketera · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**28%

Tap water ****18%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**11%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****96%**

**55%

Television ****40%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**14%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Ketera?

■ Ketera · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.2%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****711**

**949

Working population ****45.4%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.3% for men and 82.8% for women. 66% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 202 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 205 (22%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 279 (31%) · **■** Marginal 213 (23%)

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

- Aknapur2,096 people
- Gauribati2,093 people
- Gure2,080 people
- Kanraria2,052 people
- Kulteghari1,909 people
- Bhimpur1,882 people
- Mujpur1,765 people
- Bagbari1,739 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ketera?2,012 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ketera in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ketera?88.2% (Census 2011)