Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur
# Kararan

Kararan is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 144 people in 26 households, the 197th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.
- 144 people (2011)
- 26 households
- 44.5% literacy
- 1,149 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kararan

Of every 100 households in Kararan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kararan · ■ Karandighi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 26%
- Toilet within the home 15% 21%
- No toilet (open defecation) 85% 78%
- Tap water 0% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 56% 60%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 96%
- Use banking services 30% 19%
- Television 0% 11%
- Mobile phone 7% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 1%
- None of these assets 48% 28%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kararan?

■ Kararan · ■ Karandighi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 44.5% 53.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1149 953
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1778 943
- Working population 26.4% 40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.7% for men and 37.7% for women. 46% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 14 (37%) · ■ Farm labourers 14 (37%) · ■ Other work 5 (13%) · ■ Marginal 5 (13%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Karandighi
- Sahapur 239 people
- Majhauk 215 people
- Dakishin Maheshpur 160 people
- Jotilamat 150 people
- Patanduba 99 people
- Pirpukhar 70 people
- Shitalpur 25 people

All 203 villages in Karandighi

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kararan? 144 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kararan in? Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kararan? 44.5% (Census 2011)

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