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Kuturkuma Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kuturkuma is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 73 families residing. The Kuturkuma village has population of 388 of which 203 are males while 185 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kuturkuma village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 11.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kuturkuma village is 911 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kuturkuma as per census is 1150, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kuturkuma village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kuturkuma village was 56.23 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kuturkuma Male literacy stands at 67.76 % while female literacy rate was 43.21 %.

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

Kuturkuma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 73 - -
Population 388 203 185
Child (0-6) 43 20 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 284 152 132
Literacy 56.23 % 67.76 % 43.21 %
Total Workers 242 130 112
Main Worker 99 - -
Marginal Worker 143 36 107

Caste Factor

In Kuturkuma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 73.20 % of total population in Kuturkuma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kuturkuma village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Kuturkuma village out of total population, 242 were engaged in work activities. 40.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 242 workers engaged in Main Work, 97 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.