# Kurkraul Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Kurkraul

Kurkraul is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **952 people in 194 households**, the 55th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 952people (2011)
- 194households
- 94.0%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurkraul

Of every 100 households in Kurkraul in 2011, 36 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurkraul · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****94%**

**42%

Television ****20%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Kurkraul?

■ Kurkraul · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.0%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**948

Working population ****29.5%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 90.3% for women. 56% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (11%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 93 (33%) · **■** Marginal 106 (38%)

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 Contai - III

- Bamania1,011 people
- Palbhuni998 people
- Ghoratala968 people
- Uttar Tentulmuri955 people
- Siuli Bar937 people
- Barchun Para928 people
- Paschim Fatepur925 people
- Bagha Danri899 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurkraul?952 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurkraul in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kurkraul?94.0% (Census 2011)