# Karat Village, Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur 

# Karat

Karat is a village in Keshiary sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **470 people in 106 households**, the 99th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.8%.

- 470people (2011)
- 106households
- 74.1%literacy
- 1,061females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karat

Of every 100 households in Karat in 2011, 43 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Karat · ■ Keshiary rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**20%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****7%**

**41%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Karat?

■ Karat · ■ Keshiary rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**76.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1061**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1346**

**955

Working population ****51.7%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 68.6% for women. 62% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 43 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 14 (6%) · **■** Marginal 182 (75%)

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 Keshiary

- Bara Chati480 people
- Palasia477 people
- Kaliapara471 people
- Uriabar471 people
- Chhatrar469 people
- Belar468 people
- Belut468 people
- Sundrar463 people

[All 220 villages in Keshiary](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshiary/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karat?470 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karat in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshiary sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karat?74.1% (Census 2011)