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About Keotan Village

Keotan is a mid sized village in Kaliaganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,639, made up of 869 males and 770 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keotan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keotan village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Kaliaganj
Pincode 733129
Area (hectares) 95.51 hectares
Population 1,639
Male Population 869
Female Population 770
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Keotan compares

By the 2011 count Keotan is the 43rd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents. Its 95.51 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Keotan

Keotan 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 Keotan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kaludanga, Kaluhar, Karaipur and Kashidanga. 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 Keotan

As per the Census of India 2011, Keotan village had a population of 1,639. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents.

Keotan village has 869 males and 770 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keotan has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Keotan is 733129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keotan covers 95.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Keotan falls under Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Keotan notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Keotan.

Keotan is in Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur 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 Keotan today is likely to be higher.

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