Nurkona Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Nurkona is a medium size village located in Galsi - I Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 267 families residing. The Nurkona village has population of 1084 of which 555 are males while 529 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nurkona village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 9.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nurkona village is 953 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nurkona as per census is 776, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Nurkona village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nurkona village was 71.97 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nurkona Male literacy stands at 82.29 % while female literacy rate was 61.36 %.

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

Nurkona Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	267	-	-
Population	1,084	555	529
Child (0-6)	103	58	45
Schedule Caste	710	349	361
Schedule Tribe	36	19	17
Literacy	71.97 %	82.29 %	61.36 %
Total Workers	588	372	216
Main Worker	192	-	-
Marginal Worker	396	202	194

Caste Factor

In Nurkona village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.50 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.32 % of total population in Nurkona village.

Work Profile

In Nurkona village out of total population, 588 were engaged in work activities. 32.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 588 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.