title: Kerur, Paschim Medinipur
text: # Kerur, Paschim Medinipur
  
  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.
  
  ## Geography
  
  ### Location
  
  Kerur is located at 22°11′10″N 87°40′08″E﻿ / ﻿22.1862°N 87.6688°E﻿ / 22.1862; 87.6688.
  
  ### Area overview
  
  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. With a density of population of 787 per $km^2nearly$ 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.
  
  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.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  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).
  
  .*For language details see Sabang (community development block)#Language and religion
  
  ## Education
  
  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.
  
  ## Kerur picture gallery
  
  * Baikunthanath deul
  * Baikunthanath deul
  