# Kururiya Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Kururiya

Kururiya is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,376 people in 343 households**, the 78th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 2,376people (2011)
- 343households
- 70.7%literacy
- 1,045females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kururiya

Of every 100 households in Kururiya in 2011, 17 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kururiya · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****10%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**34%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****94%**

**84%

Television ****24%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**19%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**6%

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 Kururiya?

■ Kururiya · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**924

Working population ****34.2%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 56.3% for women. 48% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 285 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 298 (37%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 80 (10%) · **■** Marginal 128 (16%)

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 Machhlishahr

- Piyarepur2,405 people
- Kamalpur2,394 people
- Deepakpur2,390 people
- Ram Nagar2,378 people
- Godhana2,375 people
- Dharikpur2,345 people
- Jakhaniyan2,338 people
- Rampur Dan2,310 people

[All 513 villages in Machhlishahr](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/machhlishahr/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kururiya?2,376 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kururiya in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kururiya?70.7% (Census 2011)