# Karanda Village, Manteswar, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Manteswar, Barddhaman 

# Karanda

Karanda is a village in Manteswar sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,216 people in 500 households**, the 35th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 2,216people (2011)
- 500households
- 81.7%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karanda

Of every 100 households in Karanda in 2011, 53 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karanda · ■ Manteswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**52%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**88%

Use banking services ****47%**

**68%

Television ****34%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**32%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Karanda?

■ Karanda · ■ Manteswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****722**

**968

Working population ****46.2%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 76.2% for women. 64% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 257 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 422 (41%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 128 (12%) · **■** Marginal 214 (21%)

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 Manteswar

- Kamra2,395 people
- Sinhali2,388 people
- Debpur2,337 people
- Tulla2,232 people
- Bigha2,169 people
- Mirgahar2,058 people
- Harkadanga2,046 people
- Kalui1,949 people

[All 144 villages in Manteswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/manteswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karanda?2,216 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karanda in?Barddhaman district (Manteswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karanda?81.7% (Census 2011)