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

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Mejura

Mejura is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,770 people in 338 households**, the 24th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,770people (2011)
- 338households
- 75.8%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mejura

Of every 100 households in Mejura in 2011, 38 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mejura · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****96%**

**58%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**18%

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 Mejura?

■ Mejura · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**960

Working population ****46.0%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 67.6% for women. 60% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 141 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (6%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 138 (17%) · **■** Marginal 461 (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 Keshpur

- Golar2,023 people
- Sarisha Khola1,957 people
- Kalagram1,937 people
- Bejara1,825 people
- Sahaspur1,742 people
- Ghoshpur1,711 people
- Amanpur1,707 people
- Khejur Bani1,687 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mejura?1,770 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mejura in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mejura?75.8% (Census 2011)