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About Ketika Village

Ketika is a mid sized village in Purulia II tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,092, made up of 549 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479.31 hectares hectares.

Ketika Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ketika village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Purulia II
Area (hectares) 479.31 hectares
Population 1,092
Male Population 549
Female Population 543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 989
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ketika compares

By the 2011 count Ketika is the 63rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,574 residents. Its 479.31 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Ketika

Ketika is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Ketika as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ketika from other places

Ketika lies about 1.9 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Purulia Junction, about 1.5 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 Ketika
Nearest railway station Purulia Junction 1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Purulia II 1.9 km
District headquarters Puruliya 1.9 km

Villages closest to Ketika

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Purulia II 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 Ketika

As per the Census of India 2011, Ketika village had a population of 1,092. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,574 residents.

Ketika village has 549 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ketika has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

Ketika covers 479.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ketika falls under Purulia II tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Ketika is Purulia Junction, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Ketika is about 1.9 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ketika is in Purulia II tehsil of Puruliya district. Purulia Junction is about 1.5 km away. Purulia II is about 1.9 km away. Puruliya is about 1.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Surulia (3.3 km), Chunardi Alias Nakrakura (27 km) and Balarampur (28 km).

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

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