Kuruktopa is a village in the Puncha CD block in the Manbazar subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Manbazar subdivision, shown in the map alongside, is located in the eastern part of the district.

The Mukutmanipur Dam is in Bankura district but the upper portion of the reservoir is in Manbazar subdivision.

[1][2][3][4] Writing in 1911, H. Coupland, ICS, speaks of the aboriginal races largely predominating in the old Manbhum district.

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.