# Karkai Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Karkai

Karkai is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,113 people in 727 households**, the 13th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 3,113people (2011)
- 727households
- 86.1%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karkai

Of every 100 households in Karkai in 2011, 45 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karkai · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****50%**

**60%

Television ****18%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Karkai?

■ Karkai · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.1%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**942

Working population ****39.3%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.2% for men and 79.6% for women. 61% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 399 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 284 (23%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 105 (9%) · **■** Marginal 425 (35%)

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 Pingla

- Gobardhanpur3,665 people
- Naranga Dighi3,406 people
- Jamna3,336 people
- Barisha3,302 people
- Ragpur3,041 people
- Tungur2,835 people
- Kalika Kundu2,669 people
- Sut Chhara2,468 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karkai?3,113 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karkai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karkai?86.1% (Census 2011)