Kursail
Kadwa block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855113
· village code 224605
Population 2011
3,713
Census of India
Population 2020
5,090
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+37.1%
1,377 people · 3.6% a year
Households
840
+4.7% vs 802 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,713
Male / female
1,966 / 1,747
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
889
Children aged 0–6
681
Literacy rate
46.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
184 / 1
Working population
1,680
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.4%
Households
802
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
780
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
56
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
230
Non-farm households
580
Share of households farming, 2020
28%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 18 / 9
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kursel panchayat, Kadwa zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹41.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.19 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹56.13 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.82 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.03 lakh · received ₹8.04 lakh · spent ₹18.18 lakh · left ₹1.89 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.74 lakh · received ₹12.14 lakh · spent ₹37.95 lakh · left ₹3.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6036, 87.7319 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Katihar district ·
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staffing across Katihar ·
…and across Bihar