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Kurua Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Kurua is a medium size village located in Masalia Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 102 families residing. The Kurua village has population of 470 of which 249 are males while 221 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurua village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 14.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurua village is 888 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurua as per census is 700, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kurua village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurua village was 74.88 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kurua Male literacy stands at 89.47 % while female literacy rate was 59.07 %.

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

Kurua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 102 - -
Population 470 249 221
Child (0-6) 68 40 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 142 67 75
Literacy 74.88 % 89.47 % 59.07 %
Total Workers 170 133 37
Main Worker 169 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Kurua village of Dumka has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 30.21 % of total population in Kurua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kurua village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Kurua village out of total population, 170 were engaged in work activities. 99.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 170 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.