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

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Khetua

Khetua is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,455 people in 318 households**, the 44th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,455people (2011)
- 318households
- 80.8%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khetua

Of every 100 households in Khetua in 2011, 46 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khetua · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**56%

Tap water ****56%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****88%**

**58%

Television ****25%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Khetua?

■ Khetua · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**960

Working population ****53.2%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 75.8% for women. 57% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (19%) · **■** Household industry 57 (7%) · **■** Other work 89 (11%) · **■** Marginal 378 (49%)

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

- Enayat Pur1,478 people
- Konan1,468 people
- Amar Chak1,460 people
- Kharika1,459 people
- Pitambar Chak1,451 people
- Mamudpur1,438 people
- Basan Chak1,435 people
- Akmura1,421 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khetua?1,455 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khetua in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khetua?80.8% (Census 2011)