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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Salmaben Imaran diwan
Contact: 96****2036
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- LGD code
- 521993
- Pincode
- 392025
- Post office
- Samni
- Population
- 2,357
- Households
- 455
- Literacy rate
- 73.3%
- Sex ratio
- 886 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 948
Census 2011 · in context
How Kurchan compares
By population, Kurchan ranks #8 of 52 villages in Amod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.3%
+3.9% vs mandal average
- Kurchan
- 73.3%
- Amod mandal
- 69.4%
- Bharuch district
- 72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
886
−50 vs mandal average
- Kurchan
- 886
- Amod mandal
- 936
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Kurchan
- 5.2
- Amod mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kurchan at a glance
Kurchan is a village of 2,357 people in 455 households (Census 2011) in Amod taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the 8th-largest of 52 villages in Amod taluka. Literacy is 73%, 4 points above the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 886 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 392025, served by Samni post office; the LGD village code is 521993. The sarpanch is Salmaben Imaran diwan. The population is estimated at 2,779 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kurchan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PALEJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KURCHAN
- Total area (ha)
- 727.32
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 419.33
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kurchan
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Key facts — Kurchan
- LGD code
- 521993
- Pincode
- 392025
- Post office
- Samni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,357
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,779
- Households
- 455
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 886
- Literacy rate
- 73.3%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Salmaben Imaran diwan
- Block / Mandal
- Amod
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 392025
Other villages in Amod mandal
View all 52+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-08
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)