# Kuriban Village, Laukahi, Madhubani (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Laukahi, Madhubani 

# Kuriban

Kuriban is a village in Laukahi sub-district of Madhubani district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,385 people in 472 households**, the 29th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.1%.

- 2,385people (2011)
- 472households
- 52.7%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Kuriban PIN code and other codes

Kuriban falls in Laukahi sub-district, Madhubani district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKuriban
- Community development blockLaukahi
- Census village code220083

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

## How far is Kuriban from nearby towns?

- Laukahi (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Madhubani (district HQ)43 km by road
- Nirmali (nearest town)18 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 Kuriban?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kuriban; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Narahia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nirmali
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ghoghardiha
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Kuriban known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 286 hectares of village land is sown, and 209 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Kuriban

Of every 100 households in Kuriban in 2011, 1 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kuriban · ■ Laukahi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**96%

Use banking services ****38%**

**24%

Television ****11%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Kuriban?

■ Kuriban · ■ Laukahi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.7%**

**55.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**949

Working population ****43.9%**

**46.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.3% for men and 37.6% for women. 49% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 190 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 323 (31%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 35 (3%) · **■** Marginal 487 (47%)

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 Laukahi

- Kusmahi2,910 people
- Mahthour Got2,709 people
- Belahi Bhawanipur2,568 people
- Sakhua2,553 people
- Matahi2,287 people
- Jarauli2,211 people
- Narahi2,140 people
- Bhutaha2,094 people

[All 66 villages in Laukahi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/madhubani/laukahi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kuriban from Madhubani?43 km by road
- What is the population of Kuriban?2,385 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuriban in?Madhubani district (Laukahi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kuriban?52.7% (Census 2011)