# Sukurhutu Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Sukurhutu

Sukurhutu is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,760 people in 297 households**, the 15th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,760people (2011)
- 297households
- 60.3%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sukurhutu

Of every 100 households in Sukurhutu in 2011, 16 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sukurhutu · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**96%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****62%**

**41%

Television ****8%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**18%

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 Sukurhutu?

■ Sukurhutu · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.3%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**957

Working population ****45.7%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 48.1% for women. 54% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 220 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (10%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 70 (9%) · **■** Marginal 430 (53%)

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

- Banjora1,903 people
- Herbana1,834 people
- Bhikari Chilema1,821 people
- Raygara1,800 people
- Banduan1,688 people
- Tuima1,666 people
- Dhadanga1,614 people
- Gokulnagar1,608 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sukurhutu?1,760 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sukurhutu in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sukurhutu?60.3% (Census 2011)