# Karanjora Village, Bankura - II, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Karanjora

Karanjora is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,907 people in 367 households**, the 19th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,907people (2011)
- 367households
- 65.5%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karanjora

Of every 100 households in Karanjora in 2011, 33 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karanjora · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**56%

Use banking services ****49%**

**58%

Television ****17%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Karanjora?

■ Karanjora · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**924

Working population ****39.5%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 50.1% for women. 54% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 178 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 238 (32%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 147 (19%) · **■** Marginal 175 (23%)

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 Bankura - II

- Purandarpur2,189 people
- Ekteswar2,039 people
- Kalaberia2,033 people
- Pratappur1,958 people
- Madlakamdebpur1,845 people
- Kelebala1,774 people
- Belbuni1,772 people
- Panchbaga1,707 people

[All 154 villages in Bankura - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karanjora?1,907 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karanjora in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karanjora?65.5% (Census 2011)