# Kurtara Village, Meerganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meerganj, Bareilly 

# Kurtara

Kurtara is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,141 people in 969 households**, the 8th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 5,141people (2011)
- 969households
- 63.1%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurtara

Of every 100 households in Kurtara in 2011, 39 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kurtara · ■ Meerganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**52%

Tap water ****12%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**93%

Use banking services ****67%**

**70%

Television ****36%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**19%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Kurtara?

■ Kurtara · ■ Meerganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**917

Working population ****30.7%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 51.1% for women. 51% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 264 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 423 (27%) · **■** Household industry 104 (7%) · **■** Other work 492 (31%) · **■** Marginal 293 (19%)

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 Meerganj

- Agras6,867 people
- Jaferpur6,264 people
- Saijana5,521 people
- Sorha5,408 people
- Churai Dalpatpur5,114 people
- Ghatgaon4,683 people
- Chakdaha Bhagautipur4,577 people
- Rahpura Jagir4,364 people

[All 244 villages in Meerganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bareilly/meerganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurtara?5,141 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurtara in?Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kurtara?63.1% (Census 2011)