# Kurtha Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Kurtha

Kurtha is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,458 people in 241 households**, the 216th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 1,458people (2011)
- 241households
- 55.1%literacy
- 820females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurtha

Of every 100 households in Kurtha in 2011, 3 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurtha · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**93%

Tap water ****53%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****88%**

**74%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****1%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kurtha?

■ Kurtha · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.1%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****820**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1055**

**922

Working population ****41.7%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.1% for men and 41.0% for women. 53% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 195 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 19 (3%) · **■** Marginal 384 (63%)

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 Colonelganj

- Mangura1,509 people
- Barwaliya Kurmi1,508 people
- Udila1,508 people
- Domakalpi1,485 people
- Charera1,447 people
- Rajpur1,433 people
- Banua1,413 people
- Pivali1,403 people

[All 387 villages in Colonelganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gonda/colonelganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurtha?1,458 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurtha in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kurtha?55.1% (Census 2011)