Kuruktopa is a village in the
Puncha CD block in the
Manbazar subdivision of the
Purulia district
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in the state of
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Geography
Location
Kuruktopa is located at .
Area overview
Purulia district forms the lowest step of the
Chota Nagpur Plateau
The Chota Nagpur Plateau () is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and th ...
. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills.
Manbazar subdivision, shown in the map alongside, is located in the eastern part of the district. It is an overwhelmingly rural subdivision with 96.32% of the population living in the rural areas and 3.68% living in the urban areas. There are 3 census towns in the subdivision. The map shows the Kangsabati Project Reservoir. The
Mukutmanipur Dam is in Bankura district but the upper portion of the reservoir is in Manbazar subdivision. The remnants of old temples and deities are found in the subdivision also, as in other parts of the district. The subdivision has a very high proportion of
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Bandwan CD block has 51.86% ST population, Manbazar II CD block has 48.97% ST population. Manbazar I CD block has 22.03% ST and 22.44% SC. Puncha CD block has 24.74% ST and 14.54 SC. Writing in 1911, H. Coupland, ICS, speaks of the aboriginal races largely predominating in the old Manbhum district. He particularly mentions the Kurmis, Santhals, Bhumij and Bauri.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India, Kuruktopa had a total population of 2,964, of which 1,500 (51%) were males and 1,464 (49%) were females. There were 394 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Kuruktopa was 1,480 (57.59% of the population over 6 years).
Education
Sitaram Mahato Memorial College at Anandadweep, Kuruktopa was established in 2015. Affiliated with the
Sidho Kanho Birsha University, it offers honours courses in Bengali, Santali, English, Sanskrit, philosophy, political science, history, geography, anthropology, and a general course in arts.
Kuruktopa High School is a Bengali-medium, coeducational institution established in 1946. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has 17 computers and a library with 700 books.
Healthcare
There is a
primary health centre with 2 beds at Anandadweep, Kuruktopa.
References
{{Purulia District
Villages in Purulia district