# Ketara Village, Garbeta - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Garbeta - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ketara

Ketara is a village in Garbeta - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **378 people in 82 households**, the 166th largest of 306 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 378people (2011)
- 82households
- 67.0%literacy
- 1,032females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ketara

Of every 100 households in Ketara in 2011, 52 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ketara · ■ Garbeta - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**69%

Tap water ****58%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**20%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**87%

Use banking services ****39%**

**62%

Television ****13%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ketara?

■ Ketara · ■ Garbeta - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1032**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1600**

**951

Working population ****37.3%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 53.6% for women. 60% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 73 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (11%) · **■** Other work 5 (4%) · **■** Marginal 48 (34%)

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 Garbeta - I

- Pathra396 people
- Meghula394 people
- Jadabnagar384 people
- Malara383 people
- Garberia376 people
- Kayma374 people
- Parkhanda369 people
- Deolkundra355 people

[All 369 villages in Garbeta - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/garbeta-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ketara?378 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ketara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Garbeta - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ketara?67.0% (Census 2011)