Village · Sandeshkhali - II, North Twenty Four Parganas
# Korakati

Korakati is a village in Sandeshkhali - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 6,695 people in 1,611 households, the 13th largest of 24 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.
- 6,695 people (2011)
- 1,611 households
- 82.7% literacy
- 925 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Korakati

Of every 100 households in Korakati in 2011, 6 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Korakati · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 6% 8%
- Toilet within the home 78% 56%
- No toilet (open defecation) 20% 41%
- Tap water 1% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 12% 12%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 96%
- Use banking services 16% 33%
- Television 7% 5%
- Mobile phone 32% 24%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 1%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 2%
- None of these assets 44% 58%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Korakati?

■ Korakati · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 82.7% 71.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 925 965
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1021 997
- Working population 44.1% 38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 75.0% for women. 60% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 562 (19%) · ■ Farm labourers 618 (21%) · ■ Household industry 19 (1%) · ■ Other work 300 (10%) · ■ Marginal 1,456 (49%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sandeshkhali - II
- Joygopalpur 7,761 people
- Daudpur 7,510 people
- Bhangatushkhali 7,346 people
- Dhuchnikhali 7,266 people
- Sitalia 6,092 people
- Hatgachha 5,960 people
- Khulna 5,958 people
- Atapur 5,287 people

All 24 villages in Sandeshkhali - II

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Korakati? 6,695 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Korakati in? North Twenty Four Parganas district (Sandeshkhali - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Korakati? 82.7% (Census 2011)

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