# Karsara Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Karsara

Karsara is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,554 people in 705 households**, the 59th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 4,554people (2011)
- 705households
- 70.6%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karsara

Of every 100 households in Karsara in 2011, 72 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 29 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karsara · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**68%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**85%

Use banking services ****64%**

**75%

Television ****57%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****29%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Karsara?

■ Karsara · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****775**

**883

Working population ****32.3%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 60.6% for women. 46% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 409 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 439 (30%) · **■** Household industry 37 (3%) · **■** Other work 338 (23%) · **■** Marginal 246 (17%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Varanasi

- Chiraigaon4,806 people
- Barai4,798 people
- Barthara Khurd4,730 people
- Kapar Phorwa4,660 people
- Pacharon4,534 people
- Akhileshpur4,525 people
- Shivbon4,525 people
- Tendui4,496 people

[All 864 villages in Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karsara?4,554 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karsara in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Karsara?70.6% (Census 2011)