# Karkaria Village, Rampurhat - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - I, Birbhum 

# Karkaria

Karkaria is a village in Rampurhat - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **183 people in 39 households**, the 111th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 183people (2011)
- 39households
- 78.0%literacy
- 1,033females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karkaria

Of every 100 households in Karkaria in 2011, 24 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karkaria · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**15%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**87%

Use banking services ****0%**

**43%

Television ****34%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**35%

Own their home ****97%**

**92%

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 Karkaria?

■ Karkaria · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**945

Working population ****43.7%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 68.7% for women. 72% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 53 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (25%) · **■** Other work 4 (5%) · **■** Marginal 3 (4%)

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 Rampurhat - I

- Salgaria220 people
- Parkandi207 people
- Junidpur205 people
- Purandapur194 people
- Khojapur157 people
- Chichunri125 people
- Brahmanigram124 people
- Masanpur96 people

[All 119 villages in Rampurhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karkaria?183 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karkaria in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karkaria?78.0% (Census 2011)