Karui is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

Katwa II Katwa II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Katwa II CD Block is part of the Bhagirathi basin. The Bhagirath ...

CD block in

Katwa subdivision Katwa subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The Katwa subdivision extends from the Kanksa-Ketugram plain to the Bhagirathi basin. The Ajay River, Ajay flows th ...

Purba Bardhaman district Purba Bardhaman district is in West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Subaldaha in the district ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

state in

East India East India is a region of India consisting of the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal and also the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The region roughly corresponds to the historical region of Magadh ...

. The meaning of Karui is ''Grain Storage''.

Geography

Location

The region has an average elevation of 19 metres (65 ft). The village is situated 15 km from

Katwa Katwa is a sub-divisional town and railway junction in Purba Bardhaman district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Katwa subdivision. The town was built at the confluence of Ganga and Ajay. Katwa is a border cit ...

, 52 km from

Bardhaman Bardhaman (, ) is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of Purba Bardhaman district, having become a district capital during the period of British rule. Burdwan, an alternative name for the city, ...

and less than 130 km from

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

on road. Karui has a total area of 15.30 km². It is under

CD Block which is a part of the

Bhagirathi The Bhāgīrathī (Pron: /ˌbʌgɪˈɹɑːθɪ/) is a turbulent Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and the holy river of Hinduism. In the Hindu fa ...

basin. The region has many swamps and water-logged areas. The soil is fertile, as it consists mainly of silt deposits.

Urbanisation

88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population live in the urban areas. The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

Population

In the 2011 census, Karui had a population (including institutional and houseless population) of 10,506, out of which 5,415 (51.54%) were males and 5091 (48.46%) were females. Population between the age group 0–6 years were 1,285, among them 690 were males and 595 were females. Total number of households were 2,363. Scheduled Castes population were 2853 (1461 males and 1392 females) and Scheduled Tribes population were 164 (80 males and 84 females).

Literacy

According to 2011 census, effective literacy rate for the 6+ population was 61.20%, which was lower than the district's literacy rate (74.73%) . Male literacy rate was 65.82% and female literacy rate 56.23%.

Language & Religion

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

is the local language in this area. Main religions are

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...

and

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

Administration

Karui is under Karui Gram Panchayat, which belongs to

CD Block.

police station has jurisdiction over Karui. Karui Gram Panchayat Office

Culture

The dominant culture of Karui is identical to that of most of

and is deeply influenced by

Hindu Bengali Bengali Hindus ( bn, বাঙ্গালী হিন্দু/বাঙালি হিন্দু, translit=Bāṅgālī Hindu/Bāṅāli Hindu) are an ethnoreligious population who make up the majority in the Indian states of West Beng ...

culture. Some of the popular festivals in Karui include: * Gajon Utsav (

: গাজন উৎসব) (mid-April) *

Durga Puja Durga Puja ( bn, দুর্গা পূজা), also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsava, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga and is also celebrated ...

(September/October) *

Kali Puja Kali Puja, also known as Shyama Puja or Mahanisha Puja, is a festival originating from the Indian subcontinent, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali. It is celebrated on the new moon day (Dipannita Amavasya) of the Hindu calendar month of Ashway ...

(October/November) *

Dol Purnima Dol Purnima, Dol Jatra, Doul Utsav or Deul is a major Holi festival of Braj, Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, Odisha and Assam. This festival is dedicated to Sri Krishna and Radha. It is mainly celebrated by Gopal community of Odisha ...

or Dol Yatra (February/March) *

Saraswati Saraswati ( sa, सरस्वती, ) is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning. She is one of the Tridevi, along with the goddesses Lakshmi and Parvati. The earliest known mention of Saraswati as a go ...

Puja (February/March) *

Eid al-Fitr , nickname = Festival of Breaking the Fast, Lesser Eid, Sweet Eid, Sugar Feast , observedby = Muslims , type = Islamic , longtype = Islamic , significance = Commemoration to mark the end of fasting in Ramadan , dat ...

Muharram Muḥarram ( ar, ٱلْمُحَرَّم) (fully known as Muharram ul Haram) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is forbidden. It is held to be the second holiest month after R ...

Economy

In Karui main source of income is Agriculture. Apart from this there are many occupations i.e. Business, Government Job, Private Job etc.

Livelihood

In Karui in 2011, total workers were 32.31% (main workers formed 86.56% & marginal workers 13.44%). Amongst the class of total main workers, cultivators formed 24.44%, agricultural labourers 47.55%, household industry workers 0.61% and other workers 27.4%. Amongst the class of total marginal workers, cultivators formed 0.046%, agricultural labourers 72.15%, household industry workers 5.7% and other workers 17.54%.

Agriculture

In 2011, net cropped area in Karui was 1388 hectares. Total irrigated land area was 1289 hectares out of which 1012 hectares were irrigated by canal water, 115 hectares by tubewells and 161.9 hectares by tanks or ponds. Rice is the main crop of this region. Beside that, wheat, oil seed, sugar cane, potato are produced.

Banking

There is a branch of Paschim Banga Gramin Bank in Karui. SBI KIOSK Banking facility is also available here.

Transport

Road

The Kaichar- Kalna Road runs through the north of the village.

-Karui Road meets with Kalna-Kaichar Road here. Private operators operate buses. Karui is well connected by buses with numerous places all around. There are Four Bus Stops in Karui * Karui Main Bus Stop * Tanti Pukur More * Jas Para Bus Stop (near Karui Gram Panchayet) * Shib Pukur More

Rickshaws

E-rickshaws (Toto) are available for travelling within the village.

Education

Karui has 5 Primary Schools and a Senior Secondary School. There is a Public Library in Karui.

Senior Secondary School

* Karui High School (HS)

Primary schools

* Karui Dakshinpara F.P. School * Karui F.P. School * Karui Purbapara F.P. School * Karui Sadharan F.P. School * Karui Sishu Siksha Kendra

Library

* Karui

Kalidas Roy Kalidas Roy (1889–1975) was a poet of the Tagore era of Bengali literature and a teacher. He was born in Karui village of Bardhaman (now Purba Bardhaman district) at West Bengal in a Vaidya (Baidya) family and was from the family lineage of th ...

Smriti Granthagar

Healthcare

There is a "Gramin Sasthya Kendra" opposite Karui Gram Panchayet.

Eminent Persons

Kavishekhar

(1889–1975) was born in this village. He was a poet of the

Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter ...

era of

Bengali literature Bengali literature ( bn, বাংলা সাহিত্য, Bangla Sahityô) denotes the body of writings in the Bengali language and which covers Old Bengali, Middle- Bengali and Modern Bengali with the changes through the passage of time ...

. His poetry was specially influenced by Vaishnava thoughts. ''Chhatradhara'' (The Stream of Students), one of his famous poems, describes a teacher's appreciation of his interaction with students. Beside

he also wrote in

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

and

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

References

{{Purba Bardhaman District Villages in Purba Bardhaman district