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Kurun Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Kurun is a medium size village located in Bhandaria Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 257 families residing. The Kurun village has population of 1348 of which 711 are males while 637 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurun village population of children with age 0-6 is 333 which makes up 24.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurun village is 896 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurun as per census is 947, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kurun village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurun village was 45.42 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kurun Male literacy stands at 58.70 % while female literacy rate was 30.32 %.

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

Kurun Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 257 - -
Population 1,348 711 637
Child (0-6) 333 171 162
Schedule Caste 91 53 38
Schedule Tribe 874 440 434
Literacy 45.42 % 58.70 % 30.32 %
Total Workers 459 297 162
Main Worker 71 - -
Marginal Worker 388 230 158

Caste Factor

In Kurun village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.84 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.75 % of total population in Kurun village.

Work Profile

In Kurun village out of total population, 459 were engaged in work activities. 15.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 459 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.