# Kuraha Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kuraha

Kuraha is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **825 people in 223 households**, the 75th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 825people (2011)
- 223households
- 71.0%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kuraha

Of every 100 households in Kuraha in 2011, 25 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kuraha · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****18%**

**25%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**33%

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 Kuraha?

■ Kuraha · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1132**

**951

Working population ****47.8%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 66.2% for women. 63% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 272 (69%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 17 (4%) · **■** Marginal 25 (6%)

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 Kumarganj

- Khanpur838 people
- Tazpur835 people
- Safarpur826 people
- Jhikakuri825 people
- Harischandrapur819 people
- Sahazadpur810 people
- Dewan800 people
- Uttar Rusulpur794 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kuraha?825 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuraha in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kuraha?71.0% (Census 2011)