Kurupahar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kurupahar is a small village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 25 families residing. The Kurupahar village has population of 113 of which 62 are males while 51 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurupahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 20.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurupahar village is 823 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurupahar as per census is 533, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kurupahar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurupahar village was 27.78 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kurupahar Male literacy stands at 48.94 % while female literacy rate was 4.65 %.

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

Kurupahar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	25	-	-
Population	113	62	51
Child (0-6)	23	15	8
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	113	62	51
Literacy	27.78 %	48.94 %	4.65 %
Total Workers	67	29	38
Main Worker	36	-	-
Marginal Worker	31	6	25

Caste Factor

In Kurupahar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Kurupahar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kurupahar village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Kurupahar village out of total population, 67 were engaged in work activities. 53.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.