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Karai Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Karai is a medium size village located in Tapan Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 66 families residing. The Karai village has population of 261 of which 138 are males while 123 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karai village population of children with age 0-6 is 13 which makes up 4.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karai village is 891 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karai as per census is 1167, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Karai village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karai village was 80.24 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karai Male literacy stands at 84.09 % while female literacy rate was 75.86 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Karai 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 Karai village.

Karai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 66 - -
Population 261 138 123
Child (0-6) 13 6 7
Schedule Caste 115 65 50
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.24 % 84.09 % 75.86 %
Total Workers 109 80 29
Main Worker 97 - -
Marginal Worker 12 2 10

Caste Factor

In Karai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.06 % of total population in Karai village. The village Karai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karai village out of total population, 109 were engaged in work activities. 88.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 109 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 59 were Agricultural labourer.