# Karakpur Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Karakpur

Karakpur is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **843 people in 201 households**, the 84th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 843people (2011)
- 201households
- 69.8%literacy
- 1,066females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karakpur

Of every 100 households in Karakpur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karakpur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**59%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**97%

Use banking services ****16%**

**62%

Television ****17%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Karakpur?

■ Karakpur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1066**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**963

Working population ****33.1%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 63.8% for women. 55% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 28 (10%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 58 (21%) · **■** Marginal 192 (69%)

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 Dantan - I

- Matiberua853 people
- Palasia849 people
- Charda848 people
- Bakurpada846 people
- Lalitapur829 people
- Krishnamaiti Bar820 people
- Maljamuna783 people
- Benapura770 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karakpur?843 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karakpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karakpur?69.8% (Census 2011)