# Keshargarh Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Keshargarh

Keshargarh is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,626 people in 937 households**, the 3rd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 4,626people (2011)
- 937households
- 66.4%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keshargarh

Of every 100 households in Keshargarh in 2011, 26 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Keshargarh · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**3%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****26%**

**41%

Television ****15%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Keshargarh?

■ Keshargarh · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****997**

**954

Working population ****47.7%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 50.1% for women. 54% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 85 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 191 (9%) · **■** Household industry 61 (3%) · **■** Other work 509 (23%) · **■** Marginal 1,361 (62%)

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 Hura

- Manguralalpur6,683 people
- Kalabani5,698 people
- Daldali4,488 people
- Parsia4,075 people
- Bishpuria3,661 people
- Ladhurka3,652 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keshargarh?4,626 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keshargarh in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keshargarh?66.4% (Census 2011)