Kurcha
Burwan block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742132
· village code 315916
Population 2011
2,051
Census of India
Population 2020
2,259
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.1%
208 people · 1.1% a year
Households
478
+7.7% vs 444 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,051
Male / female
1,049 / 1,002
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
955
Children aged 0–6
207
Literacy rate
62.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
981 / 0
Working population
708
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.5%
Households
444
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
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
78
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
310
Non-farm households
168
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
34 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
27 / 34 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sahora panchayat, Burwan 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
₹46.33 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.15 crore
Received directly
₹2.90 lakh
Spent
₹1.04 crore
Unspent at year end
₹60.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹35.39 lakh · received ₹36.50 lakh · spent ₹41.84 lakh · left ₹32.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.94 lakh · received ₹78.94 lakh · spent ₹62.14 lakh · left ₹27.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8919, 87.9508 —
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