# Kurkuta, Manbazar - I, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Kurkuta

Kurkuta is a village in [Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **374 people in 80 households**, the 125th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 374people (2011)
- 80households
- 64.8%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurkuta

Of every 100 households in Kurkuta in 2011, 28 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurkuta · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**28%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****9%**

**31%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Kurkuta?

■ Kurkuta · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1409**

**939

Working population ****54.3%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 46.7% for women. 54% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 195 (96%)

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

- Bar Nuniyani410 people
- Gobindapur393 people
- Chhotsagen384 people
- Dhagara383 people
- Charki371 people
- Maheshpur365 people
- Challa364 people
- Manbadyardi359 people

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

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## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurkuta?374 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurkuta in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kurkuta?64.8% (Census 2011)