# Karai Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Karai

Karai is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,818 people in 644 households**, the 6th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 2,818people (2011)
- 644households
- 72.6%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karai

Of every 100 households in Karai in 2011, 56 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Karai · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**58%

Tap water ****45%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****32%**

**32%

Television ****31%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

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

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Karai?

■ Karai · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**972

Working population ****40.7%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 66.0% for women. 56% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 437 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 176 (15%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 69 (6%) · **■** Marginal 463 (40%)

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

- Buniadpur4,424 people
- Elahabad4,220 people
- Sibpur3,068 people
- Kuskari2,931 people
- Baragram2,556 people
- Barail2,506 people
- Aligara2,417 people
- Jamar2,341 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karai?2,818 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karai in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karai?72.6% (Census 2011)