# Korang Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Korang

Korang is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,191 people in 400 households**, the 25th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 2,191people (2011)
- 400households
- 58.5%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Korang

Of every 100 households in Korang in 2011, 21 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Korang · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****38%**

**50%

Television ****12%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Korang?

■ Korang · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**987

Working population ****56.7%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 44.2% for women. 58% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (7%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 164 (13%) · **■** Marginal 871 (70%)

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 Arsha

- Phasko2,458 people
- Upar Jambad2,426 people
- Jhujhka2,344 people
- Korarya2,198 people
- Baram2,129 people
- Kumirdiha1,961 people
- Ulugariya1,953 people
- Tenyasi1,927 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Korang?2,191 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Korang in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Korang?58.5% (Census 2011)