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Keotan Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Keotan is a medium size village located in Kaliaganj Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 372 families residing. The Keotan village has population of 1639 of which 869 are males while 770 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Keotan village population of children with age 0-6 is 196 which makes up 11.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Keotan village is 886 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Keotan as per census is 704, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Keotan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Keotan village was 73.74 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Keotan Male literacy stands at 81.03 % while female literacy rate was 65.75 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Keotan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Keotan village.

Keotan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 372 - -
Population 1,639 869 770
Child (0-6) 196 115 81
Schedule Caste 1,292 684 608
Schedule Tribe 14 9 5
Literacy 73.74 % 81.03 % 65.75 %
Total Workers 665 511 154
Main Worker 612 - -
Marginal Worker 53 15 38

Caste Factor

In Keotan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 78.83 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.85 % of total population in Keotan village.

Work Profile

In Keotan village out of total population, 665 were engaged in work activities. 92.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 665 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.