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Kuriyam Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kuriyam is a medium size village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 177 families residing. The Kuriyam village has population of 858 of which 431 are males while 427 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kuriyam village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 15.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kuriyam village is 991 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kuriyam as per census is 1030, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kuriyam village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kuriyam village was 56.09 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kuriyam Male literacy stands at 72.53 % while female literacy rate was 39.39 %.

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

Kuriyam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 177 - -
Population 858 431 427
Child (0-6) 136 67 69
Schedule Caste 89 52 37
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.09 % 72.53 % 39.39 %
Total Workers 280 206 74
Main Worker 38 - -
Marginal Worker 242 176 66

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.37 % of total population in Kuriyam village. The village Kuriyam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kuriyam village out of total population, 280 were engaged in work activities. 13.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 280 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.