# Keotia Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Keotia

Keotia is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **68 people in 18 households**, the 127th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 68people (2011)
- 18households
- 53.2%literacy
- 838females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keotia

Of every 100 households in Keotia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Keotia · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****5%**

**39%

Television ****0%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**25%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Keotia?

■ Keotia · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.2%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****838**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****5000**

**946

Working population ****58.8%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.7% for men and 34.6% for women. 65% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (42%) · **■** Household industry 2 (5%) · **■** Other work 7 (18%) · **■** Marginal 7 (18%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Telidi120 people
- Kanrbandhi111 people
- Taldi81 people
- Tarhad80 people
- Adhikaridi61 people
- Muradi60 people
- Ghosra46 people
- Sharangdi32 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keotia?68 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keotia in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keotia?53.2% (Census 2011)