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Kesta Population - Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Kesta is a medium size village located in Kotdwara Tehsil of Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand with total 85 families residing. The Kesta village has population of 349 of which 168 are males while 181 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kesta village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 13.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kesta village is 1077 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Kesta as per census is 643, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Kesta village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kesta village was 79.87 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Kesta Male literacy stands at 96.43 % while female literacy rate was 65.64 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kesta village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kesta village.

Kesta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 349 168 181
Child (0-6) 46 28 18
Schedule Caste 48 26 22
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.87 % 96.43 % 65.64 %
Total Workers 20 18 2
Main Worker 10 - -
Marginal Worker 10 9 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.75 % of total population in Kesta village. The village Kesta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kesta village out of total population, 20 were engaged in work activities. 50.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 20 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.