# Kurja Village, Bansi, Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansi, Siddharthnagar 

# Kurja

Kurja is a village in Bansi sub-district of Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,140 people in 658 households**, the 5th largest of 707 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.5%.

- 4,140people (2011)
- 658households
- 54.0%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurja

Of every 100 households in Kurja in 2011, 2 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kurja · ■ Bansi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**16%

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

**8%

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

**90%

Tap water ****43%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**44%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****52%**

**79%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**9%

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 Kurja?

■ Kurja · ■ Bansi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.0%**

**60.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**938

Working population ****24.0%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.2% for men and 39.7% for women. 38% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 256 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 289 (29%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (2%) · **■** Marginal 422 (42%)

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 Bansi

- Chetia7,211 people
- Masina Khas4,765 people
- Kallakhor4,297 people
- Belwa Lagunhi4,237 people
- Sonkhar3,899 people
- Sehri Buzurg3,795 people
- Karja3,634 people
- Pendari Buzurg3,480 people

[All 776 villages in Bansi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/siddharthnagar/bansi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurja?4,140 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurja in?Siddharthnagar district (Bansi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kurja?54.0% (Census 2011)