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Kastala Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kastala is a medium size village located in Khejuri - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 346 families residing. The Kastala village has population of 1768 of which 918 are males while 850 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kastala village population of children with age 0-6 is 196 which makes up 11.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kastala village is 926 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kastala as per census is 704, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kastala village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kastala village was 87.66 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kastala Male literacy stands at 93.40 % while female literacy rate was 81.66 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kastala 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 Kastala village.

Kastala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 346 - -
Population 1,768 918 850
Child (0-6) 196 115 81
Schedule Caste 174 93 81
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.66 % 93.40 % 81.66 %
Total Workers 669 517 152
Main Worker 352 - -
Marginal Worker 317 205 112

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.84 % of total population in Kastala village. The village Kastala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kastala village out of total population, 669 were engaged in work activities. 52.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 669 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.