# Uttar Kuri Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Uttar Kuri

Uttar Kuri is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **457 people in 91 households**, the 87th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 457people (2011)
- 91households
- 86.6%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Kuri

Of every 100 households in Uttar Kuri in 2011, 12 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uttar Kuri · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**94%

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

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**14%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****40%**

**33%

Television ****19%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Uttar Kuri?

■ Uttar Kuri · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**953

Working population ****35.0%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.2% for men and 80.6% for women. 64% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (46%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 19 (12%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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 Egra - II

- Katganj539 people
- Hatbaincha538 people
- Atbati524 people
- Bhandarbere485 people
- Jamua Lachhimpur451 people
- Sultanpur432 people
- Bachhipur409 people
- Kirttipur372 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Kuri?457 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Kuri in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Kuri?86.6% (Census 2011)