# Kurumsur Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kurumsur

Kurumsur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,522 people in 599 households**, the 20th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 2,522people (2011)
- 599households
- 76.0%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurumsur

Of every 100 households in Kurumsur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kurumsur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**32%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****36%**

**27%

Television ****4%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**37%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kurumsur?

■ Kurumsur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****806**

**936

Working population ****42.9%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 70.9% for women. 61% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 329 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 558 (52%) · **■** Other work 47 (4%) · **■** Marginal 149 (14%)

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 Gangarampur

- Keshabpur2,834 people
- Ashokgram2,632 people
- Jahangirpur2,560 people
- Chalun2,527 people
- Bachhuria2,440 people
- Sahara2,378 people
- Debipur2,239 people
- Gokulpur2,153 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurumsur?2,522 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurumsur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kurumsur?76.0% (Census 2011)