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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAMESH MAHLI
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- LGD code
- 374391
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,808
- Households
- 354
- Literacy rate
- 63.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1002 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 813
- Distance to district centre
- 77 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 136 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 251 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhuli · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sunrise Hospital · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kurgi compares
By population, Kurgi ranks #9 of 30 villages in Itki mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.9%
+0.8% vs mandal average
- Kurgi
- 63.9%
- Itki mandal
- 63.1%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,002
+18 vs mandal average
- Kurgi
- 1,002
- Itki mandal
- 984
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Kurgi
- 5.1
- Itki mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kurgi at a glance
Kurgi is a village of 1,808 people in 354 households (Census 2011) in Itki block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 9th-largest of 30 villages in Itki block. Literacy is 64%, about the same as the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,002 women per 1,000 men. It lies 77 km from the Ranchi district centre, 34 km from Kharki, the nearest town, 21 km from Bhuli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374391. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sunrise Hospital, 15 km away. The sarpanch is RAMESH MAHLI, and the village votes in Tundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mathura Prasad Mahato. The population is estimated at 2,132 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kurgi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KURGI
- Total area (ha)
- 209
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 5.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kurgi
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Key facts — Kurgi
- LGD code
- 374391
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,808
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,132
- Households
- 354
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1002
- Literacy rate
- 63.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.98448°N, 86.45059°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tundi
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mathura Prasad Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAMESH MAHLI
- Block / Mandal
- Itki
Getting there
How to reach Kurgi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi136 kmcapital
- Kolkata251 km
- Delhi1055 km
- Hyderabad1106 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhuli21 km
- Bus stopCourt More Bus Stop21 km
- Hospital / PHCSunrise Hospital15 km
- ATM / bankBank of India18 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum17 km
- CollegeSSLNT College20 km
- Police stationJharia Police Station27 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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