# Karanga Village, Bagda – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Karanga

Karanga is a village in Bagda sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,398 people in 1,043 households**, the 9th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 4,398people (2011)
- 1,043households
- 68.6%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karanga

Of every 100 households in Karanga in 2011, 53 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Karanga · ■ Bagda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**7%

Tap water ****15%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**63%

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

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****25%**

**41%

Television ****26%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Karanga?

■ Karanga · ■ Bagda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****965**

**970

Working population ****41.1%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 64.9% for women. 61% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 728 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 588 (33%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 276 (15%) · **■** Marginal 198 (11%)

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 Bagda

- Parmadan6,087 people
- Mamabhagina5,144 people
- Godpukuria4,586 people
- Gobindapur4,525 people
- Mathabhanga4,115 people
- Khordda Kulbaria4,004 people
- Bayra3,896 people
- Bansghata3,878 people

[All 108 villages in Bagda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bagda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karanga?4,398 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karanga in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bagda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karanga?68.6% (Census 2011)