# Kastala Village, Sagar – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Sagar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kastala

Kastala is a village in Sagar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,627 people in 346 households**, the 39th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.2%.

- 1,627people (2011)
- 346households
- 79.9%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kastala

Of every 100 households in Kastala in 2011, 1 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kastala · ■ Sagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**13%

Tap water ****31%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****26%**

**30%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****32%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Kastala?

■ Kastala · ■ Sagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**84.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**964

Working population ****31.8%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 72.0% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (17%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 217 (42%) · **■** Marginal 141 (27%)

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 Sagar

- Muri Ganga2,725 people
- Chandipur2,718 people
- Debimathurapur2,457 people
- Gobindapur2,200 people
- Sikarpur1,361 people
- Natendrapur1,179 people
- Ramkrishnapur366 people

[All 47 villages in Sagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kastala?1,627 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kastala in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kastala?79.9% (Census 2011)