# Bent Kurya Village, Narayangarh – Population & Literacy

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Village · Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bent Kurya

Bent Kurya is a village in Narayangarh sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **448 people in 91 households**, the 210th largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 448people (2011)
- 91households
- 87.6%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bent Kurya

Of every 100 households in Bent Kurya in 2011, 31 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bent Kurya · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**44%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****71%**

**61%

Television ****11%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bent Kurya?

■ Bent Kurya · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.6%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**942

Working population ****41.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 79.8% for women. 66% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (39%) · **■** Household industry 5 (3%) · **■** Other work 40 (22%) · **■** Marginal 26 (14%)

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 Narayangarh

- Kanaisagar455 people
- Maniraj453 people
- Chengutia450 people
- Kantaliyabar449 people
- Kiyajhuri447 people
- Malka446 people
- Bhalukar442 people
- Ambisan440 people

[All 516 villages in Narayangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/narayangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bent Kurya?448 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bent Kurya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Narayangarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bent Kurya?87.6% (Census 2011)