# Kuruktopa Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Kuruktopa

Kuruktopa is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,964 people in 589 households**, the 8th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,964people (2011)
- 589households
- 57.6%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kuruktopa

Of every 100 households in Kuruktopa in 2011, 10 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kuruktopa · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**29%

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

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****59%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kuruktopa?

■ Kuruktopa · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**969

Working population ****59.1%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.5% for men and 45.5% for women. 59% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 177 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 347 (20%) · **■** Household industry 22 (1%) · **■** Other work 195 (11%) · **■** Marginal 1,011 (58%)

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 Puncha

- Kenda3,803 people
- Jambad3,776 people
- Lapara3,267 people
- Badra3,082 people
- Laulara2,743 people
- Bansa2,696 people
- Penchara2,614 people
- Matha2,446 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kuruktopa?2,964 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuruktopa in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kuruktopa?57.6% (Census 2011)