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Karak Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Karak is a large village located in Nanda Kumar Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 578 families residing. The Karak village has population of 2373 of which 1202 are males while 1171 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karak village population of children with age 0-6 is 244 which makes up 10.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karak village is 974 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karak as per census is 1033, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Karak village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karak village was 84.08 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karak Male literacy stands at 89.93 % while female literacy rate was 78.03 %.

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

Karak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 578 - -
Population 2,373 1,202 1,171
Child (0-6) 244 120 124
Schedule Caste 280 132 148
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.08 % 89.93 % 78.03 %
Total Workers 927 683 244
Main Worker 677 - -
Marginal Worker 250 214 36

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.80 % of total population in Karak village. The village Karak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karak village out of total population, 927 were engaged in work activities. 73.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 927 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.