# Kuaran Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kuaran

Kuaran is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,381 people in 328 households**, the 41st largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,381people (2011)
- 328households
- 70.9%literacy
- 1,028females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kuaran

Of every 100 households in Kuaran in 2011, 30 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kuaran · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**90%

Use banking services ****24%**

**41%

Television ****23%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kuaran?

■ Kuaran · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**965

Working population ****44.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 65.2% for women. 60% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 31 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 337 (56%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 68 (11%) · **■** Marginal 167 (28%)

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 Balurghat

- Dakshin Khhanpur1,488 people
- Bhushila1,449 people
- Ajodhya1,426 people
- Dasul1,397 people
- Hariharpur1,370 people
- Atair1,355 people
- Daulla1,339 people
- Rajuha1,338 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kuaran?1,381 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuaran in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kuaran?70.9% (Census 2011)