# Karola Village, Gaighata – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Karola

Karola is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,127 people in 948 households**, the 15th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 4,127people (2011)
- 948households
- 88.4%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karola

Of every 100 households in Karola in 2011, 78 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Karola · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**3%

Tap water ****21%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**91%

Use banking services ****59%**

**47%

Television ****48%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

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

**17%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Karola?

■ Karola · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.4%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**965

Working population ****36.7%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.5% for men and 84.0% for women. 58% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 134 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 192 (13%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 914 (60%) · **■** Marginal 257 (17%)

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 Gaighata

- Dharmpur5,090 people
- Patabuka4,845 people
- Barnagaria4,789 people
- Ramnagar4,521 people
- Bishnupur4,119 people
- Hanspur4,113 people
- Digha3,971 people
- Gaighata3,878 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karola?4,127 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karola in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karola?88.4% (Census 2011)