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Kukurgarya Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kukurgarya is a medium size village located in Purulia - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 287 families residing. The Kukurgarya village has population of 1533 of which 799 are males while 734 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kukurgarya village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 12.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kukurgarya village is 919 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kukurgarya as per census is 687, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kukurgarya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kukurgarya village was 67.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kukurgarya Male literacy stands at 80.12 % while female literacy rate was 55.27 %.

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

Kukurgarya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 287 - -
Population 1,533 799 734
Child (0-6) 194 115 79
Schedule Caste 432 231 201
Schedule Tribe 28 15 13
Literacy 67.96 % 80.12 % 55.27 %
Total Workers 474 354 120
Main Worker 363 - -
Marginal Worker 111 10 101

Caste Factor

Kukurgarya village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.18 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.83 % of total population in Kukurgarya village.

Work Profile

In Kukurgarya village out of total population, 474 were engaged in work activities. 76.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 474 workers engaged in Main Work, 252 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.