# Kurkraul Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Kurkraul

Kurkraul is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,005 people in 199 households**, the 73rd largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,005people (2011)
- 199households
- 88.8%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurkraul

Of every 100 households in Kurkraul in 2011, 29 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurkraul · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**9%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

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

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****53%**

**88%

Use banking services ****5%**

**35%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**30%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.8%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**949

Working population ****34.8%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 83.4% for women. 59% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 8 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 227 (65%) · **■** Marginal 108 (31%)

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 Deshopran

- Kulanjara1,043 people
- Jhaubani1,034 people
- Rupnagar1,020 people
- Khashafaua1,018 people
- Haripur985 people
- Mahammadpur977 people
- Baijapur936 people
- Ghoraghata925 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurkraul?1,005 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurkraul in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kurkraul?88.8% (Census 2011)