# Kursamari Village, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Kursamari

Kursamari is a village in Dhupguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,400 people in 493 households**, the 75th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 2,400people (2011)
- 493households
- 74.3%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kursamari

Of every 100 households in Kursamari in 2011, 23 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kursamari · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**61%

Tap water ****1%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**56%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**95%

Use banking services ****63%**

**58%

Television ****14%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**78%

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 Kursamari?

■ Kursamari · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**962

Working population ****32.4%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 64.8% for women. 54% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 542 (70%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (14%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 122 (16%)

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 Dhupguri

- Bamantari2,706 people
- Bagribari2,551 people
- Madhya Shalbari2,438 people
- Dambari2,408 people
- Dakshin Khuttimari2,373 people
- Dakhin Nunkhawa Danga2,318 people
- Paschim Duramari2,213 people
- Chauhaddi2,205 people

[All 102 villages in Dhupguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/dhupguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kursamari?2,400 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kursamari in?Jalpaiguri district (Dhupguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kursamari?74.3% (Census 2011)