# Kurigaon Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kurigaon

Kurigaon is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **859 people in 169 households**, the 145th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 859people (2011)
- 169households
- 48.3%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurigaon

Of every 100 households in Kurigaon in 2011, 20 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurigaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**19%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kurigaon?

■ Kurigaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.3%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****805**

**943

Working population ****50.6%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.1% for men and 40.5% for women. 52% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (36%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 204 (47%)

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 Karandighi

- Gobindapur875 people
- Salampur872 people
- Bazitpur865 people
- Belua865 people
- Daluakhari836 people
- Bhatbar829 people
- Bhandarbarigachi827 people
- Narayanpur827 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurigaon?859 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurigaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kurigaon?48.3% (Census 2011)