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Kurkuta Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kurkuta is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 80 families residing. The Kurkuta village has population of 374 of which 193 are males while 181 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurkuta village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 14.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurkuta village is 938 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurkuta as per census is 1409, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kurkuta village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurkuta village was 64.80 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kurkuta Male literacy stands at 80.70 % while female literacy rate was 46.67 %.

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

Kurkuta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 80 - -
Population 374 193 181
Child (0-6) 53 22 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 349 181 168
Literacy 64.80 % 80.70 % 46.67 %
Total Workers 203 104 99
Main Worker 8 - -
Marginal Worker 195 99 96

Caste Factor

In Kurkuta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.32 % of total population in Kurkuta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kurkuta village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Kurkuta village out of total population, 203 were engaged in work activities. 3.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 203 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.