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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Durku

Durku is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,315 people in 479 households**, the 23rd largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 2,315people (2011)
- 479households
- 59.9%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durku

Of every 100 households in Durku in 2011, 36 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durku · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**84%

Use banking services ****24%**

**44%

Television ****17%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.9%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**934

Working population ****35.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 44.6% for women. 48% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 196 (24%) · **■** Marginal 511 (63%)

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 Purulia - I

- Bhandar Puara2,490 people
- Baligara2,458 people
- Chirka2,398 people
- Balguma2,353 people
- Tentlo2,082 people
- Pandrama1,838 people
- Jeledi1,784 people
- Salikakumarda1,784 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durku?2,315 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durku in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durku?59.9% (Census 2011)