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Kurkuria Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Kurkuria is a medium size village located in Magrahat - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 238 families residing. The Kurkuria village has population of 1033 of which 524 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurkuria village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 16.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurkuria village is 971 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurkuria as per census is 955, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kurkuria village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurkuria village was 72.94 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kurkuria Male literacy stands at 78.44 % while female literacy rate was 67.29 %.

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

Kurkuria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 238 - -
Population 1,033 524 509
Child (0-6) 172 88 84
Schedule Caste 385 198 187
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.94 % 78.44 % 67.29 %
Total Workers 309 281 28
Main Worker 201 - -
Marginal Worker 108 94 14

Caste Factor

In Kurkuria village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.27 % of total population in Kurkuria village. The village Kurkuria currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kurkuria village out of total population, 309 were engaged in work activities. 65.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 309 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.