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Kastara Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Kastara is a medium size village located in Saltora Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 307 families residing. The Kastara village has population of 1461 of which 746 are males while 715 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kastara village population of children with age 0-6 is 249 which makes up 17.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kastara village is 958 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kastara as per census is 976, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kastara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kastara village was 60.48 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kastara Male literacy stands at 69.52 % while female literacy rate was 51.01 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kastara 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 Kastara village.

Kastara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 307 - -
Population 1,461 746 715
Child (0-6) 249 126 123
Schedule Caste 239 117 122
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.48 % 69.52 % 51.01 %
Total Workers 473 385 88
Main Worker 246 - -
Marginal Worker 227 166 61

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.36 % of total population in Kastara village. The village Kastara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kastara village out of total population, 473 were engaged in work activities. 52.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 473 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 108 were Agricultural labourer.