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Kurni Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kurni is a medium size village located in Balarampur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 273 families residing. The Kurni village has population of 1288 of which 673 are males while 615 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurni village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 13.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurni village is 914 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurni as per census is 768, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kurni village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurni village was 63.07 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kurni Male literacy stands at 78.40 % while female literacy rate was 46.75 %.

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

Kurni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 273 - -
Population 1,288 673 615
Child (0-6) 175 99 76
Schedule Caste 241 131 110
Schedule Tribe 467 228 239
Literacy 63.07 % 78.40 % 46.75 %
Total Workers 556 356 200
Main Worker 193 - -
Marginal Worker 363 205 158

Caste Factor

In Kurni village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 36.26 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 18.71 % of total population in Kurni village.

Work Profile

In Kurni village out of total population, 556 were engaged in work activities. 34.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 556 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 65 were Agricultural labourer.