# Karamara Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Karamara

Karamara is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **664 people in 108 households**, the 76th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 664people (2011)
- 108households
- 57.1%literacy
- 1,056females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karamara

Of every 100 households in Karamara in 2011, 24 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karamara · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**84%

Use banking services ****92%**

**44%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

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 Karamara?

■ Karamara · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.1%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1056**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**934

Working population ****51.5%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 42.5% for women. 52% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 42 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 85 (25%) · **■** Marginal 212 (62%)

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 Purulia - I

- Ralibari735 people
- Keshargarya720 people
- Akarbad689 people
- Dulmi672 people
- Uchali657 people
- Barakdi635 people
- Khojda635 people
- Mayradi634 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karamara?664 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karamara in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karamara?57.1% (Census 2011)