# Kurkuria Village, Magrahat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kurkuria

Kurkuria is a village in Magrahat - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,033 people in 238 households**, the 64th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.0%.

- 1,033people (2011)
- 238households
- 72.9%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurkuria

Of every 100 households in Kurkuria in 2011, 76 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurkuria · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**51%

Tap water ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****32%**

**33%

Television ****21%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kurkuria?

■ Kurkuria · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**74.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**983

Working population ****29.9%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 67.3% for women. 54% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (5%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 169 (55%) · **■** Marginal 108 (35%)

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 Magrahat - I

- Dakshin Gopinathpur1,348 people
- Balarampur1,265 people
- Dogachha1,168 people
- Pratap Beria1,092 people
- Chak Naraharipur1,029 people
- Atpara969 people
- Dakshin Krishnapur888 people
- Naraharipur822 people

[All 81 villages in Magrahat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurkuria?1,033 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurkuria in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kurkuria?72.9% (Census 2011)