# Durku Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Durku

Durku is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **54 people in 10 households**, the 208th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 54people (2011)
- 10households
- 61.9%literacy
- 742females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durku

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

■ Durku · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**89%

Use banking services ****0%**

**31%

Television ****0%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****80%**

**29%

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 Durku?

■ Durku · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.9%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****742**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**939

Working population ****51.9%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 38.9% for women. 48% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**

**■** Marginal 28 (100%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Bhasardanga74 people
- Gopalpur74 people
- Sonardang67 people
- Lekrakhanda66 people
- Pratappur53 people
- Doladanga52 people
- Baragajari44 people
- Khairmara37 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durku?54 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durku in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durku?61.9% (Census 2011)