# Karaipur Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Karaipur

Karaipur is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **278 people in 67 households**, the 177th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 278people (2011)
- 67households
- 49.4%literacy
- 1,059females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karaipur

Of every 100 households in Karaipur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karaipur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****9%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**20%

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 Karaipur?

■ Karaipur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.4%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1059**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1750**

**969

Working population ****41.4%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.1% for men and 42.6% for women. 66% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 20 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (70%) · **■** Marginal 14 (12%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Khiltor301 people
- Purba Shankarpur293 people
- Rasidpur286 people
- Haldibari284 people
- Khurkhuria255 people
- Kaluhar249 people
- Chak Lakshmi223 people
- Madanpur219 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karaipur?278 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karaipur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karaipur?49.4% (Census 2011)