# Karru Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Karru

Karru is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,588 people in 539 households**, the 11th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 2,588people (2011)
- 539households
- 56.0%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karru

Of every 100 households in Karru in 2011, 14 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karru · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****14%**

**30%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Karru?

■ Karru · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.0%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964**

**951

Working population ****44.4%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 35.1% for women. 52% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (12%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 17 (1%) · **■** Marginal 896 (78%)

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 Bagmundi

- Bhursu3,096 people
- Madla3,070 people
- Gobindapur3,064 people
- Suisa2,649 people
- Sankupi2,569 people
- Chorda2,568 people
- Gagi2,441 people
- Hurumda2,406 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karru?2,588 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karru in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karru?56.0% (Census 2011)