# Karimgutin Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Karimgutin

Karimgutin is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **284 people in 71 households**, the 231st largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 284people (2011)
- 71households
- 82.6%literacy
- 797females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karimgutin

Of every 100 households in Karimgutin in 2011, 41 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karimgutin · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****14%**

**41%

Television ****20%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**26%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Karimgutin?

■ Karimgutin · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.6%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****797**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****562**

**965

Working population ****52.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 71.8% for women. 61% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (7%) · **■** Marginal 126 (84%)

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 Balurghat

- Jabaripur293 people
- Gunjarpur292 people
- Darail290 people
- Chandradaula287 people
- Chak Sridhar282 people
- Kodla282 people
- Kismat Jasahar280 people
- Chandipur277 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karimgutin?284 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karimgutin in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karimgutin?82.6% (Census 2011)