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Karanda Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Karanda is a medium size village located in Debra Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 120 families residing. The Karanda village has population of 579 of which 303 are males while 276 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 11.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanda village is 911 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanda as per census is 1161, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Karanda village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanda village was 79.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karanda Male literacy stands at 86.03 % while female literacy rate was 71.67 %.

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

Karanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 120 - -
Population 579 303 276
Child (0-6) 67 31 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 191 97 94
Literacy 79.30 % 86.03 % 71.67 %
Total Workers 308 190 118
Main Worker 62 - -
Marginal Worker 246 133 113

Caste Factor

Karanda village of Paschim Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 32.99 % of total population in Karanda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Karanda village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Karanda village out of total population, 308 were engaged in work activities. 20.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 308 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.