# Kerur Village, Sabang, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sabang, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kerur

Kerur is a village in Sabang sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,652 people in 350 households**, the 46th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,652people (2011)
- 350households
- 86.6%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kerur

Of every 100 households in Kerur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kerur · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**16%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****51%**

**48%

Television ****15%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****16%**

**20%

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 Kerur?

■ Kerur · ■ Sabang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****961**

**952

Working population ****54.6%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.9% for men and 81.0% for women. 60% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 217 (24%) · **■** Household industry 123 (14%) · **■** Other work 106 (12%) · **■** Marginal 326 (36%)

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 Sabang

- Julkapur1,747 people
- Chak Safi1,736 people
- Murarichak1,732 people
- Khorai1,662 people
- Uttar Eral1,603 people
- Daspur1,600 people
- Tilantapara1,593 people
- Chak Madhab1,569 people

[All 232 villages in Sabang](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sabang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kerur?1,652 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kerur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kerur?86.6% (Census 2011)