# Kurgaon Village, Soraon, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Soraon, Allahabad 

# Kurgaon

Kurgaon is a village in Soraon sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,532 people in 600 households**, the 55th largest of 404 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 3,532people (2011)
- 600households
- 65.5%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurgaon

Of every 100 households in Kurgaon in 2011, 24 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kurgaon · ■ Soraon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**83%

Tap water ****5%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**89%

Use banking services ****80%**

**76%

Television ****33%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**21%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kurgaon?

■ Kurgaon · ■ Soraon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**909

Working population ****36.2%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 51.5% for women. 47% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 124 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (15%) · **■** Household industry 59 (5%) · **■** Other work 178 (14%) · **■** Marginal 726 (57%)

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 Soraon

- Jagdishpur Purechanda3,666 people
- Tikrita Padila3,617 people
- Kathwer Perwaizpur3,576 people
- Mohammadpurnaugawan3,562 people
- Aruwahw3,496 people
- Siswan3,484 people
- Markhamau3,475 people
- Madhopur Urf Sadhanganj3,470 people

[All 443 villages in Soraon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/soraon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurgaon?3,532 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurgaon in?Allahabad district (Soraon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kurgaon?65.5% (Census 2011)