# Keshargarya Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Keshargarya

Keshargarya is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **720 people in 138 households**, the 73rd largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 720people (2011)
- 138households
- 60.4%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keshargarya

Of every 100 households in Keshargarya in 2011, 9 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Keshargarya · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****24%**

**44%

Television ****3%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**22%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Keshargarya?

■ Keshargarya · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.4%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1215**

**934

Working population ****57.5%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 50.2% for women. 57% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 403 (97%)

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 Purulia - I

- Kantasiari750 people
- Matkumdi745 people
- Phatepur736 people
- Ralibari735 people
- Akarbad689 people
- Dulmi672 people
- Karamara664 people
- Uchali657 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keshargarya?720 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keshargarya in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keshargarya?60.4% (Census 2011)