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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kapoorchand baiga
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- LGD code
- 468118
- Pincode
- 484551
- Post office
- Birsinghpur Pali
- Population
- 1,721
- Households
- 404
- Literacy rate
- 41.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1044 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 918
- Distance to district centre
- 99 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 62 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 374 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 707 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mudaria · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- S.E.C.L Hospital · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kurkucha compares
By population, Kurkucha ranks #7 of 103 villages in Pali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.8%
−8.6% vs mandal average
- Kurkucha
- 41.8%
- Pali mandal
- 50.4%
- Umaria district
- 55.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,044
+77 vs mandal average
- Kurkucha
- 1,044
- Pali mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
- Kurkucha
- 4.3
- Pali mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kurkucha at a glance
Kurkucha is a village of 1,721 people in 404 households (Census 2011) in Pali tehsil, Umaria district, Madhya Pradesh, the 7th-largest of 103 villages in Pali tehsil. Literacy is 42%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,044 women per 1,000 men. It lies 99 km from the Umaria district centre, 11 km from Mudaria railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 484551, served by Birsinghpur Pali post office; the LGD village code is 468118. The nearest hospital or health centre is S.E.C.L Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is kapoorchand baiga, and the village votes in Vijayraghavgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Satyendra Pathak. The population is estimated at 2,029 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kurkucha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- PALI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 810.07
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.21
- Forest area (ha)
- 532.28
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kurkucha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kurkucha
- LGD code
- 468118
- Pincode
- 484551
- Post office
- Birsinghpur Pali
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,721
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,029
- Households
- 404
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1044
- Literacy rate
- 41.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.25985°N, 81.07197°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vijayraghavgarh
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Satyendra Pathak
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kapoorchand baiga
- Block / Mandal
- Pali
Getting there
How to reach Kurkucha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal374 kmcapital
- Hyderabad707 km
- Delhi710 km
- Kolkata751 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMudaria11 km
- Hospital / PHCS.E.C.L Hospital11 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank38 km
- Petrol pumpHP Pump39 km
- Police stationBandhavgarh Police Chowki51 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)