# Karisal Village, Cooch Behar - II, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - II, Koch Bihar 

# Karisal

Karisal is a village in Cooch Behar - II sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,598 people in 350 households**, the 55th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 1,598people (2011)
- 350households
- 61.9%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karisal

Of every 100 households in Karisal in 2011, 31 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karisal · ■ Cooch Behar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**30%

Tap water ****3%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**79%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****10%**

**35%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Karisal?

■ Karisal · ■ Cooch Behar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.9%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**908

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1162**

**966

Working population ****32.5%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.6% for men and 56.7% for women. 53% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (7%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 429 (83%) · **■** Marginal 36 (7%)

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 Cooch Behar - II

- Hollangerkuthi1,716 people
- Dudumari1,656 people
- Salmara1,642 people
- Petbhatta Chandanchowra1,614 people
- Bokalirmath1,588 people
- Kuthipara1,576 people
- Baraibari Dwitia Khanda1,467 people
- Raserkuthi1,458 people

[All 111 villages in Cooch Behar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karisal?1,598 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karisal in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karisal?61.9% (Census 2011)