# Kurkunga Village, Kunkuri, Jashpur (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Kunkuri, Jashpur 

# Kurkunga

Kurkunga is a village in Kunkuri sub-district of Jashpur district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **496225**. The 2011 Census counted **1,343 people in 312 households**, the 19th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.7%.

- 1,343people (2011)
- 312households
- 73.2%literacy
- 496225PIN code

## Kurkunga PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kurkunga is 496225.** Kurkunga falls in Kunkuri sub-district, Jashpur district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code496225
- Gram panchayatKurkunga
- Community development blockKunkuri
- Census village code433983

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

## How far is Kurkunga from nearby towns?

- Kunkuri (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Jashpur Nagar (district HQ)46 km by road
- Jashpur Nagar (nearest town)46 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 Kurkunga?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Kurkunga; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kunkuri
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jashpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ranchi
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Kurkunga known for?

The main crops are **paddy, black gram and niger**. About 63% of the 612 hectares of village land is sown, and 6 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 Kurkunga

Of every 100 households in Kurkunga in 2011, 50 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurkunga · ■ Kunkuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****86%**

**51%

Television ****1%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Kurkunga?

■ Kurkunga · ■ Kunkuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**72.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**997

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1095**

**965

Working population ****55.8%**

**60.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 63.4% for women. 58% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 264 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (4%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 39 (5%) · **■** Marginal 415 (55%)

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 Kunkuri

- Jokari1,457 people
- Bhelwatoli1,433 people
- Ghumadand1,428 people
- Jamchunwa1,400 people
- Basantala1,276 people
- Narayanpur1,221 people
- Sendrimunda1,180 people
- Pharsakani1,172 people

[All 90 villages in Kunkuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/jashpur/kunkuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kurkunga?496225
- How far is Kurkunga from Jashpur Nagar?46 km by road
- What is the population of Kurkunga?1,343 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurkunga in?Jashpur district (Kunkuri sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kurkunga?73.2% (Census 2011)