# Borra Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Borra

Borra is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,433 people in 306 households**, the 94th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,433people (2011)
- 306households
- 56.1%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Borra

Of every 100 households in Borra in 2011, 17 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Borra · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****2%**

**19%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**28%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Borra?

■ Borra · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.1%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****975**

**943

Working population ****38.0%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.0% for men and 48.6% for women. 46% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 229 (42%) · **■** Household industry 26 (5%) · **■** Other work 70 (13%) · **■** Marginal 119 (22%)

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 Karandighi

- Balchiar1,536 people
- Shikarpur1,499 people
- Alampur1,481 people
- Dhanpara1,445 people
- Minapur1,433 people
- Abdulpur1,386 people
- Baliamora1,383 people
- Paschim Pipla1,380 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Borra?1,433 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Borra in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Borra?56.1% (Census 2011)