Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Karanjabari

Karanjabari is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 464 people in 111 households, the 178th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.
- 464 people (2011)
- 111 households
- 71.2% literacy
- 1,081 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karanjabari

Of every 100 households in Karanjabari in 2011, 27 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karanjabari · ■ Tapan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 27% 31%
- Toilet within the home 14% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 86% 75%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 12% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 13% 26%
- Television 16% 16%
- Mobile phone 28% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 61% 33%
- Own their home 98% 98%

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

## What is the population of Karanjabari?

■ Karanjabari · ■ Tapan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 71.2% 68.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1081 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1033 954
- Working population 54.7% 45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.5% for men and 70.0% for women. 64% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 69 (27%) · ■ Farm labourers 17 (7%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 7 (3%) · ■ Marginal 160 (63%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Tapan
- Dudhiakuri 481 people
- Mahukuri 479 people
- Mehur 469 people
- Rajapur 468 people
- Panjara 459 people
- Pachim Nimpur 453 people
- Nahirkuri 452 people
- Rampara 450 people

All 279 villages in Tapan

## Other places named Karanjabari
- Karanjabari · Village, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur · 1,113 people
- Karanjabari · Village, Habibpur, Maldah · 187 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Karanjabari? 464 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karanjabari in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karanjabari? 71.2% (Census 2011)

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