# Karara Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Karara

Karara is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **667 people in 124 households**, the 13th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 667people (2011)
- 124households
- 68.2%literacy
- 1,052females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karara

Of every 100 households in Karara in 2011, 62 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karara · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**67%

Tap water ****41%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**73%

Use banking services ****73%**

**88%

Television ****26%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**32%

Own their home ****85%**

**86%

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 Karara?

■ Karara · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1052**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1306**

**940

Working population ****52.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 54.0% for women. 52% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 263 (75%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 21 (6%) · **■** Marginal 57 (16%)

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 Puraula

- Math757 people
- Pora744 people
- Mahargaon735 people
- Sukdala682 people
- Rama Gaon662 people
- Netri650 people
- Chandeli630 people
- Dhakaraa617 people

[All 84 villages in Puraula](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/uttarkashi/puraula/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karara?667 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karara in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Karara?68.2% (Census 2011)