# Karulia Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Karulia

Karulia is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,831 people in 425 households**, the 43rd largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,831people (2011)
- 425households
- 89.1%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karulia

Of every 100 households in Karulia in 2011, 59 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karulia · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**33%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****85%**

**41%

Television ****18%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Karulia?

■ Karulia · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.1%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**969

Working population ****28.7%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 84.6% for women. 53% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 13 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 306 (58%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 135 (26%) · **■** Marginal 56 (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 Basirhat - II

- Dugbaria2,074 people
- Chak Kalikapur1,950 people
- Kharidanga1,938 people
- Bakpukhuria1,875 people
- Chak Farasatpur1,769 people
- Swaruppur1,687 people
- Nagarkachua1,597 people
- Akatpur1,473 people

[All 67 villages in Basirhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karulia?1,831 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karulia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karulia?89.1% (Census 2011)