# Kurupahar Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Kurupahar

Kurupahar is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **113 people in 25 households**, the 126th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 27.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 113people (2011)
- 25households
- 27.8%literacy
- 823females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurupahar

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

■ Kurupahar · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kurupahar?

■ Kurupahar · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****27.8%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****823**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****533**

**951

Working population ****59.3%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.9% for men and 4.7% for women. 47% of men and 75% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 13 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (7%) · **■** Other work 18 (27%) · **■** Marginal 31 (46%)

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

- Susnidi127 people
- Ghaghra126 people
- Saramchaki117 people
- Lahadungri115 people
- Charkapathar88 people
- Harta83 people
- Babnijara81 people
- Harup81 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurupahar?113 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurupahar in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kurupahar?27.8% (Census 2011)