# Kurpai Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Kurpai

Kurpai is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,367 people in 739 households**, the 14th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 3,367people (2011)
- 739households
- 84.2%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurpai

Of every 100 households in Kurpai in 2011, 64 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kurpai · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**20%

Tap water ****8%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****37%**

**45%

Television ****25%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Kurpai?

■ Kurpai · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**972

Working population ****44.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 76.1% for women. 58% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 184 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 296 (20%) · **■** Household industry 61 (4%) · **■** Other work 323 (22%) · **■** Marginal 625 (42%)

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 Tamluk

- Harashankar4,379 people
- Harashankar Garkilla3,808 people
- Bhubaneswarpur3,787 people
- Banhichar3,670 people
- Murari Kalua3,345 people
- Nischinta Basan3,195 people
- Rajnagar Baharjala3,144 people
- Harasankar Khamarchak3,072 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurpai?3,367 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurpai in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kurpai?84.2% (Census 2011)