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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kurmail

Kurmail is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **926 people in 228 households**, the 88th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 926people (2011)
- 228households
- 76.2%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurmail

Of every 100 households in Kurmail in 2011, 65 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kurmail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**90%

Use banking services ****61%**

**41%

Television ****44%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Kurmail?

■ Kurmail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****689**

**965

Working population ****53.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 68.6% for women. 65% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 296 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (27%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 42 (9%) · **■** Marginal 15 (3%)

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

- Kasiadanga942 people
- Mayamari930 people
- Sankarpur928 people
- Bara Kashipur926 people
- Parbatipur924 people
- Taher Chak921 people
- Bhatpara917 people
- Paschim Thakurpur899 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurmail?926 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurmail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kurmail?76.2% (Census 2011)