Kurma is a village in Ramgarh mandal, Dumka district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 402 across 88 households with a literacy rate of 55%. The village is located at coordinates 22.649°N, 86.023°E.
By population, Kurma ranks #160 of 347 villages in Ramgarh mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kurma is a village of 402 people in 88 households (Census 2011) in Ramgarh block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 160th-largest of 347 villages in Ramgarh block. Literacy is 55%, 9 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. It lies 212 km from the Dumka district centre, 59 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 14 km from Haludpukur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814119, served by Kurwa post office; the LGD village code is 370336. The nearest hospital or health centre is Saraikela District Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is SUNAINA DEVI, and the village votes in Sarath assembly constituency, represented by Uday Shankar Singh.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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