# Karandi Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Karandi

Karandi is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,910 people in 357 households**, the 31st largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,910people (2011)
- 357households
- 57.6%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karandi

Of every 100 households in Karandi in 2011, 16 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karandi · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**95%

Tap water ****62%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****31%**

**50%

Television ****10%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Karandi?

■ Karandi · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1117**

**987

Working population ****52.2%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 41.0% for women. 53% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 144 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (5%) · **■** Household industry 175 (18%) · **■** Other work 73 (7%) · **■** Marginal 556 (56%)

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 Arsha

- Kumirdiha1,961 people
- Ulugariya1,953 people
- Tenyasi1,927 people
- Hetjari1,915 people
- Kantadi1,845 people
- Mankiari1,784 people
- Salaidahar1,719 people
- Tumba1,679 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karandi?1,910 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karandi in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karandi?57.6% (Census 2011)