About Keotal Village

Keotal is a large village in Itahar tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,655, made up of 2,406 males and 2,249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 545.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keotal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keotal village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Itahar
Pincode	733123
Area (hectares)	545.85 hectares
Population	4,655
Male Population	2,406
Female Population	2,249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Keotal compares

By the 2011 count Keotal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 545.85 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Keotal

Keotal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Keotal 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keotal from other places

Keotal lies about 46 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Kamalpur Halt, about 11 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 Keotal
Nearest railway station	Kamalpur Halt	11 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Itahar	24 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	46 km

Villages closest to Keotal

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

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Common questions about Keotal

As per the Census of India 2011, Keotal village had a population of 4,655. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Keotal village has 2,406 males and 2,249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keotal has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Keotal is 733123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keotal covers 545.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Keotal falls under Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Keotal is Kamalpur Halt, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Keotal.

Keotal is about 46 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keotal is in Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Kamalpur Halt is about 11 km away. Rāiganj is about 22 km away. Itahar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.