Village · Salbani, Paschim Medinipur
# Karnagar

Karnagar is a village in Salbani sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,812 people in 593 households, the 3rd largest of 411 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.
- 2,812 people (2011)
- 593 households
- 51.8% literacy
- 1,020 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karnagar

Of every 100 households in Karnagar in 2011, 33 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karnagar · ■ Salbani rural average
- Electricity for lighting 33% 59%
- Toilet within the home 13% 20%
- No toilet (open defecation) 87% 79%
- Tap water 74% 21%
- Drinking water within premises 6% 16%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 93%
- Use banking services 53% 52%
- Television 15% 22%
- Mobile phone 20% 40%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 6% 11%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 10% 15%
- Own their home 100% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Karnagar?

■ Karnagar · ■ Salbani rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 51.8% 74.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1020 982
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1059 991
- Working population 46.8% 45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.2% for men and 40.6% for women. 60% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 120 (9%) · ■ Farm labourers 461 (35%) · ■ Household industry 16 (1%) · ■ Other work 90 (7%) · ■ Marginal 629 (48%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Salbani
- Salbani 3,963 people
- Chaktarini 3,324 people
- Satpati 2,360 people
- Mahasol 1,999 people
- Jhar Bhanga 1,983 people
- Tilakhuli 1,974 people

All 528 villages in Salbani

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Karnagar? 2,812 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karnagar in? Paschim Medinipur district (Salbani sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karnagar? 51.8% (Census 2011)

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