# Koreng, Bagmundi, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Koreng

Koreng is a village in [Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,407 people in 300 households**, the 37th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,407people (2011)
- 300households
- 67.6%literacy
- 849females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Koreng

Of every 100 households in Koreng in 2011, 16 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Koreng · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**91%

Tap water ****13%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**97%

Use banking services ****52%**

**30%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**27%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Koreng?

■ Koreng · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****849**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****810**

**951

Working population ****43.2%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 54.9% for women. 52% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (4%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 122 (20%) · **■** Marginal 392 (64%)

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 Bagmundi

- Pagrodi1,574 people
- Sirkadi1,519 people
- Patahesal1,499 people
- Saridi1,491 people
- Gandhudi1,295 people
- Simali1,186 people
- Tiruldi1,153 people
- Kudna1,137 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Other places named Koreng

- Koreng · Village, Pangin, East Siang · 345 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Koreng?1,407 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Koreng in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Koreng?67.6% (Census 2011)