Kurmanwan
Sonbhadra-Bansi-Surajpur block · Arwal
district, Bihar · PIN 824235
· village code 260852
Population 2011
1,690
Census of India
Population 2020
2,253
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+33.3%
563 people · 3.2% a year
Households
292
+2.1% vs 286 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,690
Male / female
871 / 819
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
326
Literacy rate
50.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
599 / 0
Working population
640
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.5%
Households
286
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
212
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
206
Non-farm households
86
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
66 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
66 / 54 / 17
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Belaura Panchayat panchayat, Sonbhadra-Bansi-Surajpur 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
₹28.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.28 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹10.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.22 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.63 lakh · received ₹4.89 lakh · spent ₹2.67 lakh · left ₹5.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.19 lakh · received ₹7.39 lakh · spent ₹8.22 lakh · left ₹24.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0811, 84.7079 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Arwal district ·
School
staffing across Arwal ·
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