# Kuhura Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kuhura

Kuhura is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,819 people in 383 households**, the 19th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,819people (2011)
- 383households
- 70.8%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kuhura

Of every 100 households in Kuhura in 2011, 39 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kuhura · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**59%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****63%**

**62%

Television ****16%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kuhura?

■ Kuhura · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**963

Working population ****33.2%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 62.0% for women. 60% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 310 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (20%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 119 (20%) · **■** Marginal 48 (8%)

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 Dantan - I

- Gazipur Patna2,089 people
- Barangi2,003 people
- Paikbar1,926 people
- Sonakania1,848 people
- Nimpur1,801 people
- Bara Baghra1,765 people
- Rajnagar1,689 people
- Saorapir1,665 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kuhura?1,819 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuhura in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kuhura?70.8% (Census 2011)