Kerur is a village in the Sabang CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Kerur | |
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Village | |
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Coordinates: 22.1862°N 87.6688°E / 22.1862; 87.6688 | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Paschim Medinipur |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,652 |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, Santali, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 721155 |
Telephone/STD code | 03228 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Ghatal |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Sabang |
Website | paschimmedinipur |
Kerur is located at 22.1862°N 87.6688°E / 22.1862; 87.6688.
Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[1] With a density of population of 787 per km2nearly half of the district's population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[2]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Kerur had a total population of 1,652, of which 847 (51%) were males and 805 (51%) were females. There were 200 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Kerur was 1,258 (86.64% of the population over 6 years).[3]
.*For language details see Sabang (community development block)#Language and religion
Kerur High School is a Bengali-medium co-educational institution established in 1970. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. It has a library with 594 books, 10 computers and a playground.[4]
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