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Kurja Population - Barmer, Rajasthan

Kurja is a medium size village located in Barmer Tehsil of Barmer district, Rajasthan with total 133 families residing. The Kurja village has population of 932 of which 486 are males while 446 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurja village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 19.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurja village is 918 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurja as per census is 845, lower than Rajasthan average of 888.

Kurja village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurja village was 58.96 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Kurja Male literacy stands at 74.55 % while female literacy rate was 42.31 %.

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

Kurja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 133 - -
Population 932 486 446
Child (0-6) 179 97 82
Schedule Caste 26 12 14
Schedule Tribe 22 10 12
Literacy 58.96 % 74.55 % 42.31 %
Total Workers 479 245 234
Main Worker 197 - -
Marginal Worker 282 63 219

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.79 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.36 % of total population in Kurja village.

Work Profile

In Kurja village out of total population, 479 were engaged in work activities. 41.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 479 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.