# Jurka Village, Kashipur, Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Kashipur, Udham Singh Nagar 

# Jurka

Jurka is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,829 people in 362 households**, the 22nd largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.5%.

- 1,829people (2011)
- 362households
- 71.6%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jurka

Of every 100 households in Jurka in 2011, 47 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Jurka · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**27%

Tap water ****42%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**85%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**34%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**64%

Use banking services ****69%**

**72%

Television ****71%**

**63%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**29%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****12%**

**8%

Own their home ****96%**

**85%

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 Jurka?

■ Jurka · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**74.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**891

Working population ****49.0%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 61.0% for women. 56% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 224 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (22%) · **■** Household industry 93 (10%) · **■** Other work 295 (33%) · **■** Marginal 92 (10%)

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 Kashipur

- Neejhra2,243 people
- Bans Khera Kalan2,009 people
- Dhakia Gulaboo1,917 people
- Chandpur1,866 people
- Shivlalpur Amarjhanda1,657 people
- Rampura1,654 people
- Kataiya1,638 people
- Firojpur1,563 people

[All 73 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/udham-singh-nagar/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jurka?1,829 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jurka in?Udham Singh Nagar district (Kashipur sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Jurka?71.6% (Census 2011)