# Karatia Village, Ausgram - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ausgram - I, Barddhaman 

# Karatia

Karatia is a village in Ausgram - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,021 people in 981 households**, the 7th largest of 58 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 4,021people (2011)
- 981households
- 57.3%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karatia

Of every 100 households in Karatia in 2011, 23 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karatia · ■ Ausgram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**72%

Tap water ****10%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**27%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**86%

Use banking services ****86%**

**84%

Television ****12%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Karatia?

■ Karatia · ■ Ausgram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.3%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**977

Working population ****55.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.7% for men and 47.0% for women. 60% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 135 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 761 (34%) · **■** Household industry 6 (0%) · **■** Other work 126 (6%) · **■** Marginal 1,206 (54%)

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 Ausgram - I

- Shibada4,484 people
- Belgram4,345 people
- Ban Nabagram4,179 people
- Bhota4,022 people
- Batagram3,950 people
- Belari3,740 people
- Dwariapur3,571 people
- Lakshmiganj3,158 people

[All 61 villages in Ausgram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ausgram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karatia?4,021 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karatia in?Barddhaman district (Ausgram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karatia?57.3% (Census 2011)