# Katari Village, Khejuri - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Khejuri - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Katari

Katari is a village in Khejuri - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,035 people in 389 households**, the 26th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 88.9%.

- 2,035people (2011)
- 389households
- 81.3%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katari

Of every 100 households in Katari in 2011, 34 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Katari · ■ Khejuri - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****6%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**28%

Own their home ****92%**

**96%

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 Katari?

■ Katari · ■ Khejuri - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**88.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****868**

**925

Working population ****33.0%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 76.1% for women. 53% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (16%) · **■** Household industry 86 (13%) · **■** Other work 85 (13%) · **■** Marginal 322 (48%)

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 Khejuri - I

- Kala Gachhia2,277 people
- Mukutsila2,075 people
- Bikram Nagar2,050 people
- Amjad Nagar Golak Patra2,042 people
- Kharar Kharan1,641 people
- Dihierench1,553 people
- Bali Chak1,504 people
- Keuchia1,424 people

[All 42 villages in Khejuri - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/khejuri-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Katari?2,035 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katari in?Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Katari?81.3% (Census 2011)