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Kurcha Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Kurcha is a medium size village located in Purbasthali - I Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 274 families residing. The Kurcha village has population of 1086 of which 583 are males while 503 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurcha village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 7.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurcha village is 863 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurcha as per census is 528, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kurcha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurcha village was 79.90 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kurcha Male literacy stands at 88.68 % while female literacy rate was 70.11 %.

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

Kurcha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 274 - -
Population 1,086 583 503
Child (0-6) 81 53 28
Schedule Caste 385 198 187
Schedule Tribe 57 32 25
Literacy 79.90 % 88.68 % 70.11 %
Total Workers 393 348 45
Main Worker 311 - -
Marginal Worker 82 60 22

Caste Factor

In Kurcha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.45 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.25 % of total population in Kurcha village.

Work Profile

In Kurcha village out of total population, 393 were engaged in work activities. 79.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 393 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 155 were Agricultural labourer.