# Karkota Village, Indpur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indpur, Bankura 

# Karkota

Karkota is a village in Indpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **609 people in 122 households**, the 100th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 609people (2011)
- 122households
- 54.3%literacy
- 829females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karkota

Of every 100 households in Karkota in 2011, 66 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Karkota · ■ Indpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

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

**82%

Use banking services ****71%**

**48%

Television ****5%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Karkota?

■ Karkota · ■ Indpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.3%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****829**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1030**

**932

Working population ****26.4%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.5% for men and 43.8% for women. 47% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (60%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (7%) · **■** Marginal 23 (14%)

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 Indpur

- Jharia662 people
- Kuchaipal656 people
- Jugibaid652 people
- Chaka632 people
- Patharkhuniya607 people
- Uttar Asanbani607 people
- Alijhar584 people
- Bhutargara569 people

[All 222 villages in Indpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karkota?609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karkota in?Bankura district (Indpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karkota?54.3% (Census 2011)