# Keotal Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Keotal

Keotal is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,655 people in 991 households**, the 5th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 4,655people (2011)
- 991households
- 63.5%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keotal

Of every 100 households in Keotal in 2011, 32 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Keotal · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****14%**

**16%

Television ****12%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Keotal?

■ Keotal · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1022**

**955

Working population ****33.4%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 56.4% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 476 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 783 (50%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 192 (12%) · **■** Marginal 96 (6%)

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 Itahar

- Kapasia10,159 people
- Dhulahar5,681 people
- Khesra5,617 people
- Gorahar4,823 people
- Bangar4,512 people
- Barot4,394 people
- Gulandar4,105 people
- Paharajpur3,980 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keotal?4,655 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keotal in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keotal?63.5% (Census 2011)