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Kekai Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kekai is a medium size village located in Potashpur - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 219 families residing. The Kekai village has population of 827 of which 405 are males while 422 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kekai village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 12.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kekai village is 1042 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kekai as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kekai village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kekai village was 90.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kekai Male literacy stands at 96.32 % while female literacy rate was 85.14 %.

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

Kekai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 219 - -
Population 827 405 422
Child (0-6) 104 52 52
Schedule Caste 54 28 26
Schedule Tribe 9 4 5
Literacy 90.59 % 96.32 % 85.14 %
Total Workers 251 240 11
Main Worker 222 - -
Marginal Worker 29 24 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.53 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.09 % of total population in Kekai village.

Work Profile

In Kekai village out of total population, 251 were engaged in work activities. 88.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 251 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 89 were Agricultural labourer.