# Ketarchak Village, Hingalganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Hingalganj, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ketarchak

Ketarchak is a village in Hingalganj sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **994 people in 288 households**, the 39th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 994people (2011)
- 288households
- 86.6%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ketarchak

Of every 100 households in Ketarchak in 2011, 40 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ketarchak · ■ Hingalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****41%**

**34%

Television ****14%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****49%**

**54%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ketarchak?

■ Ketarchak · ■ Hingalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1378**

**974

Working population ****33.8%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 79.6% for women. 61% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 48 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (21%) · **■** Other work 67 (20%) · **■** Marginal 152 (45%)

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 Hingalganj

- Kothabbari1,625 people
- Paschim Khejurbaria1,418 people
- Dhanikhali1,325 people
- Kathal Baria1,325 people
- Kakaria742 people
- Singherkati277 people
- Khosbash89 people

[All 42 villages in Hingalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/hingalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ketarchak?994 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ketarchak in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Hingalganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ketarchak?86.6% (Census 2011)