# Katash Village, Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Katash

Katash is a village in Nayagram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **430 people in 96 households**, the 128th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 430people (2011)
- 96households
- 86.3%literacy
- 1,077females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katash

Of every 100 households in Katash in 2011, 6 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Katash · ■ Nayagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**18%

Television ****1%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****39%**

**21%

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 Katash?

■ Katash · ■ Nayagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1077**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**963

Working population ****39.3%**

**49.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.8% for men and 75.8% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Farm labourers 122 (72%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 45 (27%)

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 Nayagram

- Bamanda436 people
- Pachagerya431 people
- Shal Bani431 people
- Bihankuria430 people
- Kshema Sol427 people
- Dulki418 people
- Hari Maiti415 people
- Damodarpur412 people

[All 336 villages in Nayagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/nayagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Katash?430 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katash in?Paschim Medinipur district (Nayagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Katash?86.3% (Census 2011)