# Kurni Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Kurni

Kurni is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,288 people in 273 households**, the 37th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,288people (2011)
- 273households
- 63.1%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurni

Of every 100 households in Kurni in 2011, 13 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurni · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**25%

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

**3%

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

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**89%

Use banking services ****74%**

**39%

Television ****5%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Kurni?

■ Kurni · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****768**

**939

Working population ****43.2%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 46.8% for women. 53% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (12%) · **■** Other work 107 (19%) · **■** Marginal 363 (65%)

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 Balarampur

- Maldi1,327 people
- Baraha Chatarma1,306 people
- Jugidi Kashidi1,305 people
- Nekre1,297 people
- Rapkata1,211 people
- Siringi1,211 people
- Baghadih1,208 people
- Gohaldang1,160 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurni?1,288 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurni in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kurni?63.1% (Census 2011)