# Kurki Kalan Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Kurki Kalan

Kurki Kalan is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,832 people in 477 households**, the 46th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 2,832people (2011)
- 477households
- 67.4%literacy
- 813females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurki Kalan

Of every 100 households in Kurki Kalan in 2011, 20 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kurki Kalan · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**38%

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

**14%

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

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**22%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****49%**

**73%

Television ****16%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kurki Kalan?

■ Kurki Kalan · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****813**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****708**

**912

Working population ****32.6%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 50.0% for women. 40% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 394 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (22%) · **■** Household industry 21 (2%) · **■** Other work 143 (15%) · **■** Marginal 164 (18%)

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 Meja

- Itava Kala2,981 people
- Khanpur2,966 people
- Nahvai2,869 people
- Surwa Dalapur2,845 people
- Delaunha2,797 people
- Mauhari Khurd2,741 people
- Barva2,733 people
- Babhani Hethar2,700 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurki Kalan?2,832 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurki Kalan in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kurki Kalan?67.4% (Census 2011)