# Chhota Karai Village, Bansihari – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chhota Karai

Chhota Karai is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **417 people in 108 households**, the 108th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 417people (2011)
- 108households
- 57.4%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhota Karai

Of every 100 households in Chhota Karai in 2011, 76 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhota Karai · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**42%

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

**40%

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

**58%

Tap water ****11%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****0%**

**32%

Television ****2%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**29%

Own their home ****90%**

**96%

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 Chhota Karai?

■ Chhota Karai · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.4%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**972

Working population ****67.4%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 47.4% for women. 65% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (31%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 9 (3%) · **■** Marginal 143 (51%)

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 Bansihari

- Baje Kanur458 people
- Gerul443 people
- Ranipur429 people
- Jaydebpur419 people
- Vstair398 people
- Dumnipara393 people
- Elankuri391 people
- Ojantor391 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhota Karai?417 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhota Karai in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhota Karai?57.4% (Census 2011)