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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kesath
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| settlement_type = Village
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| image_map = Kesath block map.png
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bihar, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Rohtas district|Rohtas]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
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| area_total_km2 = 12.72
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| elevation_m = 85
| population_total = 14843
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 802125<ref name="Census 2011"/>
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'''Kesath''' is a village and corresponding [[community development block]] in [[Buxar district]] of [[Bihar]], [[India]]. It is the least populous of Buxar's 11 blocks, with a population of 33,820, in 5,304 households. The population of Kesath itself is 14,843, in 2,351 households.<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Bihar District Census Handbook - Buxar, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=19–20, 23–98, 3110–325, 681–82, 730–746 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/BiharA.html |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=8 July 2020}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{historical populations
| align = left
| source = [[2011 Census of India]]<ref name="Census 2011"/>

| 2001 | 28929
| 2011 | 33820
}}
Kesath is an entirely rural block, with no large urban centres. Its [[sex ratio]] as of 2011 was 942 females to every 1000 males, which was higher than the overall district ratio of 922. The sex ratio was lower in the 0-6 age bracket, with 921 females for every 1000 males. Members of [[scheduled castes]] made up 17.61% of the block population and members of [[scheduled tribes]] made up 0.45%. The block [[literacy rate]] was 71.1%, which was slightly higher than the overall district rate of 70.14%. There was a 21.72% literacy gender gap between men (81.67%) and women (59.95%), compared to the district-wide gap of 22.09%.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

=== Employment ===
Most of Kesath block's workforce was engaged in [[agriculture]] in 2011, with 28.33% being cultivators who owned their own land and another 40.30% being agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for wages. Another 4.36% were household industry workers, and the remaining 27.01% were other workers.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== Amenities ==
As of 2011, Kesath was the only village in its block to have access to [[tap water]], with the other 14 villages relying primarily on [[hand pump]] for drinking water. It was also the only village in the block to have either a regular [[Mandi (market)|mandi]] or a weekly [[haat]], as well as the only one with a [[bank]]. 12 villages in the block had [[National Grid (India)|electricity]] for domestic use, but Kesath was the only one with electricity for all uses (including agricultural and commercial). It had a [[recreation centre]] with [[sports field]]s along with a [[public library]].<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== Villages ==
Kesath block comprises 15 villages, all of which are inhabited:<ref name="Census 2011"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Village name
! Total land area (hectares)
! Population (in 2011)
|-
| Dasiyawan || 196 || 1,360
|-
| Raghunathpur || 85 || 686
|-
| Baijnathpur || 180 || 1,293
|-
| Shiwapur || 33 || 1,440
|-
| Kulmanpur || 69 || 1,206
|-
| [[Rampur, Kesath|Rampur]] || 219 || 3,320
|-
| Kharagpur || 16.8 || 53
|-
| Jairampur || 36 || 386
|-
| Siddhipur || 159 || 411
|-
| Kharauniya || 146 || 960
|-
| '''Kesath''' (block headquarters) || 1,272 || 14,843
|-
| Dehra || 185 || 1,204
|-
| Degauli || 97 || 573
|-
| [[Kirni, Kesath|Kirni]] || 90 || 2,387
|-
| [[Katkinar, Kesath|Katkinar]] || 295 || 3,698
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Villages in Buxar district]]

Kesath, Buxar - Revision history

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