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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Karkha

Karkha is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,256 people in 271 households**, the 37th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,256people (2011)
- 271households
- 45.1%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karkha

Of every 100 households in Karkha in 2011, 13 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karkha · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****18%**

**89%

Use banking services ****25%**

**32%

Television ****12%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Karkha?

■ Karkha · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.1%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**972

Working population ****41.9%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.7% for men and 36.9% for women. 60% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 108 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 324 (62%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 20 (4%) · **■** Marginal 72 (14%)

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

- Ganguria1,399 people
- Serpur1,377 people
- Sahananda1,331 people
- Bhitarmasun1,282 people
- Khidirpur1,249 people
- Chandmukh1,242 people
- Patara1,200 people
- Mirahati1,190 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karkha?1,256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karkha in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karkha?45.1% (Census 2011)