# Kurakath Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Kurakath

Kurakath is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,247 people in 194 households**, the 281st largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,247people (2011)
- 194households
- 61.6%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurakath

Of every 100 households in Kurakath in 2011, 15 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Kurakath · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**85%

Tap water ****10%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**24%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****80%**

**73%

Television ****15%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Kurakath?

■ Kurakath · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**889

Working population ****48.6%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 44.0% for women. 47% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 179 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 382 (63%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 30 (5%) · **■** Marginal 14 (2%)

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 Handia

- Koet Dakchin1,281 people
- Neemi Ta. Utraon1,278 people
- Thata1,275 people
- Pure Bhanai1,254 people
- Pure Kanta1,247 people
- Bargaon1,246 people
- Garaghanpur1,243 people
- Valipur1,242 people

[All 625 villages in Handia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/handia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurakath?1,247 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurakath in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kurakath?61.6% (Census 2011)