# Puratan Kurgram Village, Mangolkote, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Mangolkote, Barddhaman 

# Puratan Kurgram

Puratan Kurgram is a village in Mangolkote sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **432 people in 103 households**, the 118th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 432people (2011)
- 103households
- 64.9%literacy
- 1,067females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puratan Kurgram

Of every 100 households in Puratan Kurgram in 2011, 15 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Puratan Kurgram · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****5%**

**59%

Television ****6%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Puratan Kurgram?

■ Puratan Kurgram · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1067**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**986

Working population ****43.5%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 57.4% for women. 66% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (39%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 54 (29%)

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 Mangolkote

- Narayanpur491 people
- Mukha483 people
- Mallikpur462 people
- Baruipara436 people
- Bhinbhina392 people
- Kogram383 people
- Tikuri346 people
- Dwarshini332 people

[All 132 villages in Mangolkote](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/mangolkote/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puratan Kurgram?432 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puratan Kurgram in?Barddhaman district (Mangolkote sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puratan Kurgram?64.9% (Census 2011)