# Katura Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Katura

Katura is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,118 people in 237 households**, the 58th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,118people (2011)
- 237households
- 75.1%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katura

Of every 100 households in Katura in 2011, 70 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Katura · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**15%

Tap water ****33%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**78%

Use banking services ****28%**

**46%

Television ****16%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****26%**

**18%

Own their home ****93%**

**92%

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 Katura?

■ Katura · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**940

Working population ****30.3%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 71.7% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (10%) · **■** Household industry 12 (4%) · **■** Other work 76 (22%) · **■** Marginal 65 (19%)

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 Barasat - I

- Sadarpur1,270 people
- Lakshmipur1,233 people
- Sebarhat1,188 people
- Muktarpur1,178 people
- Kuberpur1,042 people
- Bazitpur944 people
- Panchghara934 people
- Jalsukha860 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Katura?1,118 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katura in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Katura?75.1% (Census 2011)