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About Keshia Village

Keshia is a mid sized village in Garbeta II tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 837, made up of 434 males and 403 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 262.32 hectares hectares.

Keshia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keshia village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Garbeta II
Area (hectares) 262.32 hectares
Population 837
Male Population 434
Female Population 403
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keshia compares

By the 2011 count Keshia is the 52nd largest of the 253 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 565 residents. Its 262.32 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Keshia

Keshia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Keshia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Karasol, Kayabad, Kenja and Kenkanali. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Keshia

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshia village had a population of 837. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 253 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 565 residents.

Keshia village has 434 males and 403 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshia has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Keshia covers 262.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keshia falls under Garbeta II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Keshia notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Keshia.

Keshia is in Garbeta II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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