# Kekai Village, Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Kekai

Kekai is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **827 people in 219 households**, the 75th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 827people (2011)
- 219households
- 90.6%literacy
- 1,042females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kekai

Of every 100 households in Kekai in 2011, 8 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kekai · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****25%**

**36%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kekai?

■ Kekai · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.6%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1042**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**943

Working population ****30.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.3% for men and 85.1% for women. 59% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 102 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (35%) · **■** Other work 31 (12%) · **■** Marginal 29 (12%)

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 Potashpur - II

- Girisha870 people
- Lachhubar866 people
- Pariharpur838 people
- Chandan Khali828 people
- Nimja821 people
- Chaksrikrishna791 people
- Gopalpur765 people
- Kashipur752 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kekai?827 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kekai in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kekai?90.6% (Census 2011)