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Karishal Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Karishal is a medium size village located in Dinhata - I Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 313 families residing. The Karishal village has population of 1230 of which 611 are males while 619 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karishal village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 10.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karishal village is 1013 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karishal as per census is 1097, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Karishal village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karishal village was 83.64 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karishal Male literacy stands at 86.16 % while female literacy rate was 81.13 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Karishal village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Karishal village.

Karishal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 313 - -
Population 1,230 611 619
Child (0-6) 130 62 68
Schedule Caste 166 81 85
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.64 % 86.16 % 81.13 %
Total Workers 275 212 63
Main Worker 185 - -
Marginal Worker 90 49 41

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.50 % of total population in Karishal village. The village Karishal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karishal village out of total population, 275 were engaged in work activities. 67.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 275 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.