# Karishal Village, Dinhata - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Dinhata - I, Koch Bihar 

# Karishal

Karishal is a village in Dinhata - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,230 people in 313 households**, the 75th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,230people (2011)
- 313households
- 83.6%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karishal

Of every 100 households in Karishal in 2011, 55 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karishal · ■ Dinhata - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**35%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**88%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**96%

Use banking services ****76%**

**49%

Television ****24%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**34%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 Karishal?

■ Karishal · ■ Dinhata - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1097**

**949

Working population ****22.4%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 81.1% for women. 35% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Household industry 12 (4%) · **■** Other work 158 (57%) · **■** Marginal 90 (33%)

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 Dinhata - I

- Raghunandan1,337 people
- Kharija Rakhalmari1,323 people
- Panchadhwaji1,265 people
- Rajakhora1,242 people
- Gokunda1,225 people
- Uttar Balakura1,161 people
- Nagar Bhangni1,147 people
- Chhota Natabari1,091 people

[All 130 villages in Dinhata - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/dinhata-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karishal?1,230 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karishal in?Koch Bihar district (Dinhata - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karishal?83.6% (Census 2011)