Kurma
Shambhuganj block · Banka
district, Bihar · PIN 813211
· village code 240374
Population 2011
2,959
Census of India
Population 2020
3,607
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.9%
648 people · 2.2% a year
Households
715
+28.8% vs 555 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,959
Male / female
1,599 / 1,360
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
851
Children aged 0–6
449
Literacy rate
75.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
248 / 0
Working population
936
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
50.5%
Households
555
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
207
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
500
Non-farm households
215
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
116 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
116 / 83 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kurma panchayat, Shambhuganj 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
₹27.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.99 lakh
Received directly
₹75,194
Spent
₹26.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.02 lakh · received ₹5.57 lakh · spent ₹15.09 lakh · left ₹2.25 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.67 lakh · received ₹8.42 lakh · spent ₹11.27 lakh · left ₹13.82 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0957, 86.7174 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Banka district ·
School
staffing across Banka ·
…and across Bihar