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

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Manta

Manta is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,306 people in 277 households**, the 58th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,306people (2011)
- 277households
- 95.4%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Manta

Of every 100 households in Manta in 2011, 49 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Manta · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****14%**

**58%

Television ****10%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Manta?

■ Manta · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.4%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**960

Working population ****32.5%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.0% for men and 91.7% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (14%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 191 (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 Keshpur

- Kanchan Tala1,371 people
- Kuchiara1,371 people
- Kapta Bankati1,312 people
- Bhagirath Bar1,307 people
- Nutan Bajar1,305 people
- Pakurya1,289 people
- Kapash Tikri1,280 people
- Kota1,272 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Manta?1,306 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manta in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Manta?95.4% (Census 2011)