# Kukurchari Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Kukurchari

Kukurchari is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **940 people in 162 households**, the 66th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 940people (2011)
- 162households
- 70.6%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kukurchari

Of every 100 households in Kukurchari in 2011, 65 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kukurchari · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****20%**

**85%

Use banking services ****9%**

**41%

Television ****9%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

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 Kukurchari?

■ Kukurchari · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****684**

**957

Working population ****46.7%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 54.2% for women. 51% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 367 (84%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 22 (5%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Barabazar

- Bhabanipur961 people
- Dhadkidih959 people
- Sorishabahal958 people
- Chirudih953 people
- Muradih924 people
- Gidighati920 people
- Khanri Pahari904 people
- Raghunatpur898 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kukurchari?940 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kukurchari in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kukurchari?70.6% (Census 2011)