# Bhurkura Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Bhurkura

Bhurkura is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,010 people in 381 households**, the 91st largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 2,010people (2011)
- 381households
- 79.8%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhurkura

Of every 100 households in Bhurkura in 2011, 60 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Bhurkura · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**91%

Use banking services ****78%**

**73%

Television ****56%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

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 Bhurkura?

■ Bhurkura · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****819**

**902

Working population ****30.0%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 68.6% for women. 48% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 210 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 168 (28%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 128 (21%) · **■** Marginal 89 (15%)

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 Chunar

- Kolund2,062 people
- Barbhuili2,054 people
- Meria2,031 people
- Rampur2,013 people
- Jaugarh2,005 people
- Madara2,003 people
- Dhobahi2,002 people
- Sherwa1,991 people

[All 620 villages in Chunar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/chunar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhurkura?2,010 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhurkura in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhurkura?79.8% (Census 2011)