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About Keottala Village

Keottala is a small village in Keshpur tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 383, made up of 191 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keottala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keottala village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Keshpur
Pincode 721150
Area (hectares) 82.62 hectares
Population 383
Male Population 191
Female Population 192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keottala compares

By the 2011 count Keottala is the 287th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 82.62 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Keottala

Keottala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keottala as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kawa Gerya, Kedar Pur, Kedma and Kenja Para. 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 Keottala

As per the Census of India 2011, Keottala village had a population of 383. That makes it the 287th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Keottala village has 191 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keottala has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Keottala is 721150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keottala covers 82.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keottala falls under Keshpur tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Keottala 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 village for Keottala.

Keottala is in Keshpur 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 Keottala today is likely to be higher.

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