# Ferura Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ferura

Ferura is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **674 people in 153 households**, the 167th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 674people (2011)
- 153households
- 52.6%literacy
- 1,087females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ferura

Of every 100 households in Ferura in 2011, 96 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ferura · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****99%**

**58%

Television ****21%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**18%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Ferura?

■ Ferura · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.6%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1087**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1388**

**960

Working population ****73.3%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.4% for men and 47.0% for women. 78% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 32 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (22%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 349 (71%)

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 Keshpur

- Khasla700 people
- Damgerya699 people
- Uttar Kenosa689 people
- Mukunda Pur678 people
- Kanch Gerya669 people
- Brahman Gram659 people
- Kaigerya657 people
- Goharia654 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ferura?674 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ferura in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ferura?52.6% (Census 2011)