# Kurshamari Village, Mathabhanga - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mathabhanga - I, Koch Bihar 

# Kurshamari

Kurshamari is a village in Mathabhanga - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,952 people in 707 households**, the 27th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.

- 2,952people (2011)
- 707households
- 74.6%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurshamari

Of every 100 households in Kurshamari in 2011, 18 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurshamari · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**57%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**78%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**96%

Use banking services ****18%**

**31%

Television ****9%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Kurshamari?

■ Kurshamari · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**71.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****831**

**946

Working population ****54.3%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 68.6% for women. 61% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 347 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 228 (14%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 385 (24%) · **■** Marginal 638 (40%)

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 Mathabhanga - I

- Dangkoba3,065 people
- Kuktikata3,019 people
- Balasi3,008 people
- Daluarpar2,988 people
- Nalangibari2,924 people
- Kharija Kawardara2,875 people
- Chhat Khaterbari2,820 people
- Bara Khalisamari2,793 people

[All 102 villages in Mathabhanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mathabhanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurshamari?2,952 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurshamari in?Koch Bihar district (Mathabhanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kurshamari?74.6% (Census 2011)