# Paikan Karanji Village, Kharagpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Paikan Karanji

Paikan Karanji is a village in Kharagpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **238 people in 42 households**, the 217th largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 238people (2011)
- 42households
- 90.0%literacy
- 817females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikan Karanji

Of every 100 households in Paikan Karanji in 2011, 71 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paikan Karanji · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****7%**

**42%

Television ****36%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Paikan Karanji?

■ Paikan Karanji · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.0%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****817**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**970

Working population ****37.0%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.4% for men and 80.6% for women. 54% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 29 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 17 (19%) · **■** Marginal 40 (45%)

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 Kharagpur - II

- Kukrada250 people
- Radhakishor246 people
- Arjunchak240 people
- Hamirchak240 people
- Kismat Bishrigerya236 people
- Kankasal234 people
- Talashibramchak234 people
- Raghunathpur231 people

[All 353 villages in Kharagpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikan Karanji?238 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikan Karanji in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikan Karanji?90.0% (Census 2011)