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

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Nurketu

Nurketu is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **231 people in 60 households**, the 399th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 231people (2011)
- 60households
- 84.9%literacy
- 777females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nurketu

Of every 100 households in Nurketu in 2011, 93 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nurketu · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****82%**

**58%

Television ****18%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Nurketu?

■ Nurketu · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.9%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****777**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****583**

**960

Working population ****39.8%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.9% for men and 72.3% for women. 57% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (15%) · **■** Household industry 5 (5%) · **■** Other work 5 (5%) · **■** Marginal 32 (35%)

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

- Hatbandi240 people
- Khanra Sai238 people
- Chanda Bila237 people
- Lakhapat232 people
- Birambar229 people
- Palbani229 people
- Krishna Nagar228 people
- Chak Joyti227 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nurketu?231 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nurketu in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nurketu?84.9% (Census 2011)