# Turku Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Turku

Turku is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **529 people in 85 households**, the 131st largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 529people (2011)
- 85households
- 68.1%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Turku

Of every 100 households in Turku in 2011, 44 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Turku · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****4%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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 Turku?

■ Turku · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**957

Working population ****25.0%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 55.0% for women. 45% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 84 (64%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (7%) · **■** Marginal 38 (29%)

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

- Haramdih549 people
- Lanka546 people
- Gosaidih537 people
- Ransi530 people
- Mednitanr528 people
- Bhaluk Dungri521 people
- Ladiha508 people
- Kutra499 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Turku?529 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turku in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Turku?68.1% (Census 2011)