# Karkaria Village, Nakashipara, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Nakashipara, Nadia 

# Karkaria

Karkaria is a village in Nakashipara sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,798 people in 444 households**, the 71st largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 1,798people (2011)
- 444households
- 61.0%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karkaria

Of every 100 households in Karkaria in 2011, 10 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karkaria · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**42%

Tap water ****10%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**63%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****15%**

**23%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**39%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Karkaria?

■ Karkaria · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.0%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**968

Working population ****28.5%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.3% for men and 55.4% for women. 53% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 111 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 223 (44%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 41 (8%) · **■** Marginal 123 (24%)

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 Nakashipara

- Chhota Simulia2,050 people
- Gobipur1,994 people
- Rari Para1,968 people
- Akandanga1,800 people
- Sultanpur1,733 people
- Miraipur1,666 people
- Bagunda1,628 people
- Guurni1,547 people

[All 107 villages in Nakashipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/nakashipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karkaria?1,798 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karkaria in?Nadia district (Nakashipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karkaria?61.0% (Census 2011)