# Karimpur Village, Sonarpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Karimpur

Karimpur is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **479 people in 104 households**, the 63rd largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 479people (2011)
- 104households
- 85.8%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karimpur

Of every 100 households in Karimpur in 2011, 94 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 36 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Karimpur · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**18%

Tap water ****100%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****36%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****51%**

**73%

Use banking services ****52%**

**52%

Television ****74%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****7%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**10%

Own their home ****90%**

**92%

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 Karimpur?

■ Karimpur · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.8%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**969

Working population ****32.2%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 81.3% for women. 52% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 135 (88%) · **■** Marginal 15 (10%)

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 Sonarpur

- Srirampur827 people
- Andharia759 people
- Muragachha728 people
- Kumar Pukuria656 people
- Sri Krishnapur272 people
- Goalapota188 people

[All 65 villages in Sonarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sonarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karimpur?479 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karimpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karimpur?85.8% (Census 2011)