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Kesta Population - Almora, Uttarakhand

Kesta is a medium size village located in Almora Tehsil of Almora district, Uttarakhand with total 80 families residing. The Kesta village has population of 345 of which 141 are males while 204 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kesta village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 12.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kesta village is 1447 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Kesta as per census is 833, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Kesta village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kesta village was 77.41 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Kesta Male literacy stands at 91.45 % while female literacy rate was 68.48 %.

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 80 - -
Population 345 141 204
Child (0-6) 44 24 20
Schedule Caste 16 7 9
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.41 % 91.45 % 68.48 %
Total Workers 200 76 124
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 149 73 76

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.64 % 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, 200 were engaged in work activities. 25.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 200 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.