# Karpura Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Karpura

Karpura is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,344 people in 297 households**, the 48th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,344people (2011)
- 297households
- 92.0%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karpura

Of every 100 households in Karpura in 2011, 47 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karpura · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**9%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**88%

Use banking services ****9%**

**35%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****41%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Karpura?

■ Karpura · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.0%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**949

Working population ****33.7%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.5% for men and 88.1% for women. 57% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 37 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (30%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 67 (15%) · **■** Marginal 209 (46%)

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 Deshopran

- Jagannathchak1,375 people
- Phulbari1,375 people
- Baharchandberya1,364 people
- Aladarput1,355 people
- Satikeshwar1,327 people
- Saraswatipur1,309 people
- Mahishagot1,278 people
- Purba Gobindapur1,270 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karpura?1,344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karpura in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karpura?92.0% (Census 2011)