Village · Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar
# Kurshamari Pratham Khanda

Kurshamari Pratham Khanda is a village in Sitalkuchi sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,636 people in 346 households, the 38th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.
- 1,636 people (2011)
- 346 households
- 72.1% literacy
- 950 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurshamari Pratham Khanda

Of every 100 households in Kurshamari Pratham Khanda in 2011, 7 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurshamari Pratham Khanda · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 7% 21%
- Toilet within the home 43% 45%
- No toilet (open defecation) 57% 53%
- Tap water 0% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 95% 85%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 96%
- Use banking services 86% 33%
- Television 6% 10%
- Mobile phone 32% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 32% 30%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kurshamari Pratham Khanda?

■ Kurshamari Pratham Khanda · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 72.1% 70.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 950 966
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1026 964
- Working population 40.7% 39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 64.1% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 290 (44%) · ■ Farm labourers 202 (30%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 19 (3%) · ■ Marginal 154 (23%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sitalkuchi
- Nagar Singimari 1,759 people
- Bara Madhusudan 1,757 people
- Gangadhar 1,701 people
- Amtala 1,677 people
- Chhota Bengdaki 1,586 people
- Dhallarpar 1,563 people
- Dewanerkot Jayduar 1,506 people
- Atiabarinepra 1,447 people

All 70 villages in Sitalkuchi

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kurshamari Pratham Khanda? 1,636 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurshamari Pratham Khanda in? Koch Bihar district (Sitalkuchi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kurshamari Pratham Khanda? 72.1% (Census 2011)

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