# Karkara Village, Jaipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaipur, Puruliya 

# Karkara

Karkara is a village in Jaipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,885 people in 745 households**, the 3rd largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 3,885people (2011)
- 745households
- 43.4%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karkara

Of every 100 households in Karkara in 2011, 73 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karkara · ■ Jaipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**96%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

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

**11%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****42%**

**89%

Use banking services ****27%**

**49%

Television ****15%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Karkara?

■ Karkara · ■ Jaipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.4%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**937

Working population ****35.5%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.3% for men and 31.0% for women. 49% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 184 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (1%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 325 (24%) · **■** Marginal 836 (61%)

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 Jaipur

- Barbenda5,107 people
- Sidhi4,665 people
- Srirampur3,554 people
- Rop3,340 people
- Upar Kahan2,960 people
- Dambera2,846 people

[All 112 villages in Jaipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jaipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karkara?3,885 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karkara in?Puruliya district (Jaipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karkara?43.4% (Census 2011)