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About Keota Village

Keota is one of the larger villages in Dalsinghsarai tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 14,531, made up of 7,571 males and 6,960 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 693 hectares hectares.

Keota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keota village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Samastipur
Tehsil Dalsinghsarai
Area (hectares) 693 hectares
Population 14,531
Male Population 7,571
Female Population 6,960
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 919
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Keota compares

By the 2011 count Keota is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 4,252 residents. Its 693 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Keota

Keota is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Keota as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keota from other places

Keota lies about 25 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Dalsingh Sarai, about 2.7 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Keota
Nearest railway station Dalsingh Sarai 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dalsinghsarai 2.8 km
District headquarters Samastipur 25 km

Villages closest to Keota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dalsinghsarai tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Keota

As per the Census of India 2011, Keota village had a population of 14,531. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,252 residents.

Keota village has 7,571 males and 6,960 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keota has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 907.

Keota covers 693 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Keota falls under Dalsinghsarai tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Keota is Dalsingh Sarai, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Keota.

Keota is about 25 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keota is in Dalsinghsarai tehsil of Samastipur district. Dalsingh Sarai is about 2.7 km away. Dalsinghsarai is about 2.8 km away. Samastipur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhepura (under 2 km), Nagargawan (1.6 km) and Harsankarpur (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Keota today is likely to be higher.

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