# Karuria Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Karuria

Karuria is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **265 people in 55 households**, the 379th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 265people (2011)
- 55households
- 67.5%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karuria

Of every 100 households in Karuria in 2011, 70 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Karuria · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**56%

Tap water ****79%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**96%

Use banking services ****64%**

**58%

Television ****9%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

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 Karuria?

■ Karuria · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**960

Working population ****51.7%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 62.5% for women. 66% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (56%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (4%) · **■** Marginal 8 (6%)

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 Keshpur

- Rasidpur271 people
- Jaora Paikan269 people
- Chand Bar268 people
- Dosatina268 people
- Daulat Chak263 people
- Kutbi Chak263 people
- Lakshman Chak261 people
- Surat Ganja258 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karuria?265 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karuria in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karuria?67.5% (Census 2011)