# Karak Village, Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Karak

Karak is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,373 people in 578 households**, the 33rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 2,373people (2011)
- 578households
- 84.1%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karak

Of every 100 households in Karak in 2011, 46 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karak · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**17%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**89%

Use banking services ****73%**

**39%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**34%

Own their home ****90%**

**95%

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 Karak?

■ Karak · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.1%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1033**

**940

Working population ****39.1%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 78.0% for women. 57% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 89 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (5%) · **■** Household industry 200 (22%) · **■** Other work 344 (37%) · **■** Marginal 250 (27%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Naikundi2,540 people
- Dakshin Damodarpur2,503 people
- Rajarampur2,434 people
- Hansgere2,417 people
- Thekuya Chak2,353 people
- Namal2,298 people
- Dihiguma2,263 people
- Dhanya Ghar2,258 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karak?2,373 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karak in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karak?84.1% (Census 2011)