# Karanjara Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Karanjara

Karanjara is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **522 people in 114 households**, the 167th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 522people (2011)
- 114households
- 66.2%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karanjara

Of every 100 households in Karanjara in 2011, 30 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Karanjara · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****17%**

**26%

Television ****23%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Karanjara?

■ Karanjara · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**954

Working population ****36.0%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 58.0% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 23 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (52%) · **■** Other work 67 (36%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Tapan

- Mahadebpur534 people
- Palimahadebpur530 people
- Ramrampur530 people
- Chhiraikuri527 people
- Aihara497 people
- Chak Madhusudan497 people
- Bharila495 people
- Chak Satihar488 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karanjara?522 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karanjara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karanjara?66.2% (Census 2011)