# Karai Village, Nabagram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nabagram, Murshidabad 

# Karai

Karai is a village in Nabagram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **839 people in 191 households**, the 86th largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 839people (2011)
- 191households
- 77.5%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karai

Of every 100 households in Karai in 2011, 51 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karai · ■ Nabagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****45%**

**58%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**37%

Own their home ****70%**

**96%

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 Karai?

■ Karai · ■ Nabagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**965

Working population ****40.3%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 70.8% for women. 61% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 215 (64%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 48 (14%) · **■** Marginal 8 (2%)

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 Nabagram

- Mahalo869 people
- Sibpur869 people
- Kethor868 people
- Jurankandi847 people
- Gramdighi820 people
- Dakshin Gram777 people
- Mahadipur725 people
- Daspara722 people

[All 118 villages in Nabagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nabagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karai?839 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karai in?Murshidabad district (Nabagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karai?77.5% (Census 2011)