# Kastala Village, Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Kastala

Kastala is a village in Khejuri - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,768 people in 346 households**, the 25th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.4%.

- 1,768people (2011)
- 346households
- 87.7%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kastala

Of every 100 households in Kastala in 2011, 32 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Kastala · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**89%

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

**9%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****53%**

**36%

Television ****16%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**28%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Kastala?

■ Kastala · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.7%**

**85.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****704**

**977

Working population ****37.8%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 81.7% for women. 56% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (9%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 249 (37%) · **■** Marginal 317 (47%)

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 - II

- Sundarpur1,943 people
- Paschim Bhangan Mari1,843 people
- Kadirpur1,792 people
- Alipur1,780 people
- Pacharya1,753 people
- Meidi Nagar1,745 people
- Barka Saria1,685 people
- Thana Berya1,675 people

[All 99 villages in Khejuri - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/khejuri-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kastala?1,768 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kastala in?Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kastala?87.7% (Census 2011)