# Karipara Village, Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri 

# Karipara

Karipara is a village in Alipurduar - II sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **861 people in 209 households**, the 71st largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 861people (2011)
- 209households
- 74.3%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karipara

Of every 100 households in Karipara in 2011, 46 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karipara · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**45%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**72%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****1%**

**25%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Karipara?

■ Karipara · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****906**

**939

Working population ****39.5%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 65.0% for women. 59% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (59%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 44 (13%) · **■** Marginal 26 (8%)

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 Alipurduar - II

- Bindipara1,040 people
- Kadampur1,026 people
- Khatpara953 people
- Simlabari881 people
- Uttar Rampur833 people
- Sambalpur746 people
- Jaypur687 people
- Madhya Shibkata450 people

[All 78 villages in Alipurduar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karipara?861 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karipara in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karipara?74.3% (Census 2011)