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Kourda Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kourda is a medium size village located in Egra - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 375 families residing. The Kourda village has population of 1634 of which 818 are males while 816 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kourda village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 11.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kourda village is 998 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kourda as per census is 649, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kourda village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kourda village was 76.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kourda Male literacy stands at 84.38 % while female literacy rate was 69.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kourda village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kourda village.

Kourda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 375 - -
Population 1,634 818 816
Child (0-6) 188 114 74
Schedule Caste 102 53 49
Schedule Tribe 59 29 30
Literacy 76.49 % 84.38 % 69.00 %
Total Workers 637 501 136
Main Worker 264 - -
Marginal Worker 373 264 109

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.24 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.61 % of total population in Kourda village.

Work Profile

In Kourda village out of total population, 637 were engaged in work activities. 41.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 637 workers engaged in Main Work, 139 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.