Village · Bodh Gaya, Gaya
# Kurum Dih

Kurum Dih is a village in Bodh Gaya sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 572 people in 84 households, the 111th largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.
- 572 people (2011)
- 84 households
- 52.7% literacy
- 1,058 females per 1,000 males

## Kurum Dih PIN code and other codes

Kurum Dih falls in Bodh Gaya sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Kurum Dih
- Community development block Bodh Gaya
- Census village code 256620

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Kurum Dih from nearby towns?
- Bodh Gaya (sub-district HQ) 15 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ) 30 km by road
- Bodh Gaya (nearest town) 15 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Kurum Dih?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Kurum Dih; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Gaya
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Gaya
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Gaya
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kurum Dih known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 90% of the 146 hectares of village land is sown, and 129 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Kurum Dih

Of every 100 households in Kurum Dih in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurum Dih · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 17%
- Toilet within the home 0% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 87%
- Tap water 1% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 34% 41%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 24% 42%
- Television 2% 13%
- Mobile phone 66% 46%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 31% 37%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kurum Dih?

■ Kurum Dih · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 52.7% 58.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1058 952
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1143 958
- Working population 30.1% 37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.5% for men and 42.2% for women. 47% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 2 (1%) · ■ Farm labourers 5 (3%) · ■ Other work 32 (19%) · ■ Marginal 133 (77%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bodh Gaya
- Kishunpur Jarhari 631 people
- Khaira Bara 627 people
- Parsa Kalan 598 people
- Parsawan 593 people
- Dhanawan 523 people
- Sahnu 513 people
- Bagha Khap 503 people
- Saidpur 474 people

All 139 villages in Bodh Gaya

## Quick answers
- How far is Kurum Dih from Gaya? 30 km by road
- What is the population of Kurum Dih? 572 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurum Dih in? Gaya district (Bodh Gaya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kurum Dih? 52.7% (Census 2011)

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