# Karche Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Karche

Karche is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,448 people in 284 households**, the 31st largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,448people (2011)
- 284households
- 49.3%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karche

Of every 100 households in Karche in 2011, 5 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karche · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**96%

Tap water ****10%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****4%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****34%**

**35%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Karche?

■ Karche · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.3%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****852**

**973

Working population ****30.0%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.9% for men and 34.4% for women. 49% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 181 (42%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 133 (31%) · **■** Marginal 66 (15%)

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 Jhalda - II

- Barudi1,605 people
- Ukma1,518 people
- Kanudi1,490 people
- Kotshila1,452 people
- Chatambari1,372 people
- Timangda1,334 people
- Simni1,327 people
- Urusharam1,289 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karche?1,448 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karche in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karche?49.3% (Census 2011)