# Karaia Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Karaia

Karaia is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,974 people in 982 households**, the 16th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 3,974people (2011)
- 982households
- 70.1%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karaia

Of every 100 households in Karaia in 2011, 10 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karaia · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**83%

Tap water ****28%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****7%**

**20%

Television ****7%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**39%

Own their home ****96%**

**95%

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 Karaia?

■ Karaia · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**954

Working population ****44.4%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.7% for men and 69.5% for women. 60% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 76 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 421 (24%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 334 (19%) · **■** Marginal 923 (52%)

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 Sagardighi

- Gangadda4,801 people
- Bhunihat4,770 people
- Kismatgadi4,185 people
- Manigram4,162 people
- Morgram3,902 people
- Harhari3,736 people
- Belaipara3,645 people
- Baragara3,478 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karaia?3,974 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karaia in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karaia?70.1% (Census 2011)