# Kurkut Village, Hojai, Nagaon (Assam) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Hojai, Nagaon 

# Kurkut

Kurkut is a village in Hojai sub-district of Nagaon district, Assam, PIN code **782435**. The 2011 Census counted **421 people in 82 households**, the 95th largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.2%.

- 421people (2011)
- 82households
- 55.5%literacy
- 782435PIN code

## Kurkut PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kurkut is 782435.** Kurkut falls in Hojai sub-district, Nagaon district, Assam.

- PIN code782435
- Gram panchayatNandapur G.P.
- Community development blockDhal Pukhuri
- Census village code285191

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kurkut from nearby towns?

- Hojai (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Nagaon (district HQ)60 km by road
- Hojai (nearest town)7 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kurkut?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Kurkut; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Hojai
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Hojai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nagaon
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kurkut known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 32% of the 48 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kurkut

Of every 100 households in Kurkut in 2011, 17 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurkut · ■ Hojai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****11%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kurkut?

■ Kurkut · ■ Hojai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**76.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1065**

**981

Working population ****56.1%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 43.8% for women. 61% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 81 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (31%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 76 (32%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Hojai

- Nabhanga516 people
- Dakhin Kumurakata N0-2512 people
- Dakhin Kumorakata No-1460 people
- Dakhin Kumurakata440 people
- Nandapur Tongia400 people
- Fakali384 people
- Uttar Kumorakata340 people
- Kumurakata Reserve219 people

[All 102 villages in Hojai](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/nagaon/hojai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kurkut?782435
- How far is Kurkut from Nagaon?60 km by road
- What is the population of Kurkut?421 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurkut in?Nagaon district (Hojai sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Kurkut?55.5% (Census 2011)