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Turkanirkuthi Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Turkanirkuthi is a medium size village located in Tufanganj - II Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 317 families residing. The Turkanirkuthi village has population of 1251 of which 666 are males while 585 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turkanirkuthi village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 12.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turkanirkuthi village is 878 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Turkanirkuthi as per census is 764, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Turkanirkuthi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Turkanirkuthi village was 72.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Turkanirkuthi Male literacy stands at 80.94 % while female literacy rate was 62.09 %.

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

Turkanirkuthi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 317 - -
Population 1,251 666 585
Child (0-6) 157 89 68
Schedule Caste 851 456 395
Schedule Tribe 31 13 18
Literacy 72.03 % 80.94 % 62.09 %
Total Workers 543 395 148
Main Worker 356 - -
Marginal Worker 187 56 131

Caste Factor

In Turkanirkuthi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 68.03 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.48 % of total population in Turkanirkuthi village.

Work Profile

In Turkanirkuthi village out of total population, 543 were engaged in work activities. 65.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 543 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 168 were Agricultural labourer.