# Karcha Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Karcha

Karcha is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,530 people in 299 households**, the 43rd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,530people (2011)
- 299households
- 63.4%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karcha

Of every 100 households in Karcha in 2011, 28 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karcha · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**93%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**84%

Use banking services ****29%**

**41%

Television ****17%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**25%

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 Karcha?

■ Karcha · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1010**

**966

Working population ****34.4%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 47.2% for women. 44% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (4%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 98 (19%) · **■** Marginal 383 (73%)

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 - II

- Chirumacha1,615 people
- Purda1,593 people
- Singhbazar1,580 people
- Bandhgar1,543 people
- Shitalpur1,496 people
- Mamurjor1,495 people
- Chepri1,489 people
- Chanchra1,432 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karcha?1,530 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karcha in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karcha?63.4% (Census 2011)