# Kurumsaha Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Kurumsaha

Kurumsaha is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,790 people in 446 households**, the 24th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,790people (2011)
- 446households
- 61.2%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurumsaha

Of every 100 households in Kurumsaha in 2011, 38 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurumsaha · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****14%**

**57%

Television ****15%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**95%

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 Kurumsaha?

■ Kurumsaha · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**961

Working population ****52.9%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 53.3% for women. 64% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 166 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 293 (31%) · **■** Household industry 26 (3%) · **■** Other work 99 (10%) · **■** Marginal 363 (38%)

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 Sainthia

- Derpur2,066 people
- Kanturi2,021 people
- Jiui1,942 people
- Bharamarkol1,913 people
- Dakshin Sija1,786 people
- Digha1,724 people
- Uttar Bamnigaon1,663 people
- Uttar Kanaipur1,499 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurumsaha?1,790 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurumsaha in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kurumsaha?61.2% (Census 2011)