# Keshia Village, Garbeta - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Garbeta - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Keshia

Keshia is a village in Garbeta - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,044 people in 219 households**, the 42nd largest of 264 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.

- 1,044people (2011)
- 219households
- 79.3%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keshia

Of every 100 households in Keshia in 2011, 32 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Keshia · ■ Garbeta - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**81%

Tap water ****5%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****36%**

**70%

Television ****15%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**14%

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 Keshia?

■ Keshia · ■ Garbeta - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**75.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**954

Working population ****62.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 68.1% for women. 60% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 160 (25%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 70 (11%) · **■** Marginal 371 (57%)

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 - II

- Hatia1,136 people
- Baranagara1,133 people
- Bathantor1,081 people
- Shyamsundarpur1,063 people
- Kontore990 people
- Dobati979 people
- Chandabila950 people
- Shiromanipur919 people

[All 334 villages in Garbeta - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/garbeta-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keshia?1,044 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keshia in?Paschim Medinipur district (Garbeta - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keshia?79.3% (Census 2011)