# Durikuri Village, Jaipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaipur, Puruliya 

# Durikuri

Durikuri is a village in Jaipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,533 people in 283 households**, the 27th largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,533people (2011)
- 283households
- 64.5%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durikuri

Of every 100 households in Durikuri in 2011, 45 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durikuri · ■ Jaipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**89%

Use banking services ****46%**

**49%

Television ****25%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**23%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Durikuri?

■ Durikuri · ■ Jaipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**937

Working population ****27.8%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.9% for men and 51.1% for women. 47% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (5%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 195 (46%) · **■** Marginal 72 (17%)

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 Jaipur

- Patamjuri1,650 people
- Jamra1,591 people
- Hatinanda1,578 people
- Jorre1,555 people
- Pundag1,533 people
- Hathimuri1,361 people
- Agharpur1,287 people
- Hargara1,287 people

[All 112 villages in Jaipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jaipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durikuri?1,533 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durikuri in?Puruliya district (Jaipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durikuri?64.5% (Census 2011)