# Keotan Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Keotan

Keotan is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,639 people in 372 households**, the 43rd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,639people (2011)
- 372households
- 73.7%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keotan

Of every 100 households in Keotan in 2011, 42 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Keotan · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****50%**

**34%

Television ****25%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Keotan?

■ Keotan · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****704**

**969

Working population ****40.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 65.7% for women. 59% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (9%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 416 (63%) · **■** Marginal 53 (8%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Lakshmipur1,729 people
- Baruna1,721 people
- Khatsa1,697 people
- Purgram1,668 people
- Lohatara1,594 people
- Chandail1,557 people
- Chandgaon1,539 people
- Baidan1,509 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keotan?1,639 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keotan in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keotan?73.7% (Census 2011)