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Karpa Population - Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh

Karpa is a large village located in Bankhedi Tehsil of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh with total 353 families residing. The Karpa village has population of 2018 of which 1030 are males while 988 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karpa village population of children with age 0-6 is 337 which makes up 16.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karpa village is 959 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Karpa as per census is 1093, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Karpa village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Karpa village was 71.80 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Karpa Male literacy stands at 82.62 % while female literacy rate was 60.22 %.

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

Karpa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 353 - -
Population 2,018 1,030 988
Child (0-6) 337 161 176
Schedule Caste 264 139 125
Schedule Tribe 149 78 71
Literacy 71.80 % 82.62 % 60.22 %
Total Workers 788 576 212
Main Worker 748 - -
Marginal Worker 40 29 11

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.08 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 7.38 % of total population in Karpa village.

Work Profile

In Karpa village out of total population, 788 were engaged in work activities. 94.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 788 workers engaged in Main Work, 426 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 291 were Agricultural labourer.