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Kurum Population - Katihar, Bihar

Kurum is a medium size village located in Kadwa Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 381 families residing. The Kurum village has population of 1841 of which 929 are males while 912 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurum village population of children with age 0-6 is 406 which makes up 22.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurum village is 982 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurum as per census is 1104, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Kurum village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurum village was 55.89 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Kurum Male literacy stands at 64.81 % while female literacy rate was 46.49 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kurum 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 Kurum village.

Kurum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 381 - -
Population 1,841 929 912
Child (0-6) 406 193 213
Schedule Caste 417 197 220
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.89 % 64.81 % 46.49 %
Total Workers 495 466 29
Main Worker 453 - -
Marginal Worker 42 25 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.65 % of total population in Kurum village. The village Kurum currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kurum village out of total population, 495 were engaged in work activities. 91.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 495 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 257 were Agricultural labourer.