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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Kukurgarya

Kukurgarya is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,533 people in 287 households**, the 31st largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,533people (2011)
- 287households
- 68.0%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kukurgarya

Of every 100 households in Kukurgarya in 2011, 30 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kukurgarya · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**31%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**84%

Use banking services ****17%**

**44%

Television ****18%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**22%

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 Kukurgarya?

■ Kukurgarya · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****687**

**934

Working population ****30.9%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 55.3% for women. 44% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 252 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 78 (16%) · **■** Marginal 111 (23%)

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

- Salikakumarda1,784 people
- Chipida1,716 people
- Golbera1,634 people
- Pichasi1,614 people
- Banshra1,457 people
- Hulka1,447 people
- Tamna1,444 people
- Baghudi1,440 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kukurgarya?1,533 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kukurgarya in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kukurgarya?68.0% (Census 2011)