# Kesra Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Kesra

Kesra is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **733 people in 173 households**, the 45th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 733people (2011)
- 173households
- 63.0%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kesra

Of every 100 households in Kesra in 2011, 52 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kesra · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****12%**

**20%

Television ****1%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kesra?

■ Kesra · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1212**

**957

Working population ****54.8%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 44.2% for women. 53% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 273 (68%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 14 (3%) · **■** Marginal 99 (25%)

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 Bundwan

- Lata770 people
- Popo766 people
- Chhota Parasia737 people
- Kantagora737 people
- Hetyakol731 people
- Punsa717 people
- Karru706 people
- Churku705 people

[All 134 villages in Bundwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bundwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kesra?733 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kesra in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kesra?63.0% (Census 2011)