# Ketika Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Ketika

Ketika is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,092 people in 192 households**, the 63rd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,092people (2011)
- 192households
- 72.3%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ketika

Of every 100 households in Ketika in 2011, 56 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Ketika · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**28%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****7%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**84%

Use banking services ****33%**

**41%

Television ****30%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Ketika?

■ Ketika · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1151**

**966

Working population ****33.7%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 58.6% for women. 53% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (8%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 156 (42%) · **■** Marginal 126 (34%)

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 - II

- Biltora1,142 people
- Senera Amra1,135 people
- Dakhinbahal1,109 people
- Dhurahi1,108 people
- Batikara1,086 people
- Khudibandh1,084 people
- Anai1,032 people
- Shyampur1,006 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ketika?1,092 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ketika in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ketika?72.3% (Census 2011)