Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Karangi

Karangi is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 3,772 people in 815 households, the 3rd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.
- 3,772 people (2011)
- 815 households
- 71.9% literacy
- 1,003 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karangi

Of every 100 households in Karangi in 2011, 23 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karangi · ■ Kushmundi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 23% 27%
- Toilet within the home 10% 17%
- No toilet (open defecation) 87% 81%
- Tap water 20% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 20% 29%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 93%
- Use banking services 9% 18%
- Television 16% 12%
- Mobile phone 27% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 27% 24%
- Own their home 99% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Karangi?

■ Karangi · ■ Kushmundi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 71.9% 65.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1003 981
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 982 955
- Working population 28.4% 38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 69.1% for women. 52% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 526 (49%) · ■ Farm labourers 327 (31%) · ■ Household industry 5 (0%) · ■ Other work 73 (7%) · ■ Marginal 140 (13%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kushmundi
- Nahit 4,630 people
- Kushmundi 3,948 people
- Kasba 3,710 people
- Ukhalia 3,432 people
- Sarala 2,848 people
- Chandipur 2,627 people

All 231 villages in Kushmundi

## Other places named Karangi
- Karangi · Village, Tokapal, Bastar · 2,039 people
- Karangi · Village, Shahpur, Yadgir · 742 people
- Karangi · Village, Srinivaspur, Kolar · 414 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Karangi? 3,772 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karangi in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karangi? 71.9% (Census 2011)

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