# Keraya Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Keraya

Keraya is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,140 people in 436 households**, the 16th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 2,140people (2011)
- 436households
- 54.2%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keraya

Of every 100 households in Keraya in 2011, 8 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Keraya · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****69%**

**39%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**99%

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 Keraya?

■ Keraya · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.2%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**939

Working population ****42.9%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.2% for men and 39.3% for women. 51% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (12%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 126 (14%) · **■** Marginal 603 (66%)

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 Balarampur

- Biramdih2,258 people
- Panradda2,240 people
- Kana2,221 people
- Latadah2,178 people
- Chhotagado2,066 people
- Baragado Alias Hetyadih2,009 people
- Supurdi1,961 people
- Garga1,958 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keraya?2,140 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keraya in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keraya?54.2% (Census 2011)