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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khurma is a village in Meja mandal, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 2,632 across 386 households. The village has a literacy rate of 61.8% and is identified by PIN code 212302.
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samrbahadur
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- LGD code
- 163442
- Pincode
- 212302
- Post office
- Meja
- Population
- 2,632
- Households
- 386
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Sex ratio
- 928 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 613
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 1 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 46 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 425 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bighapur · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nawabganj Seva Hospital · 21 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khurma compares
By population, Khurma ranks #53 of 393 villages in Meja mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.8%
+2.7% vs mandal average
- Khurma
- 61.8%
- Meja mandal
- 59.1%
- Prayagraj district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
928
+10 vs mandal average
- Khurma
- 928
- Meja mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
6.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Khurma
- 6.8
- Meja mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khurma at a glance
Khurma is a village of 2,632 people in 386 households (Census 2011) in Meja tehsil, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, the 53rd-largest of 393 villages in Meja tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Prayagraj district centre, 17 km from Hilauli, the nearest town, 14 km from Bighapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 212302, served by Meja post office; the LGD village code is 163442. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nawabganj Seva Hospital, 21 km away. The sarpanch is samrbahadur, and the village votes in Purwa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anil Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 3,103 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khurma
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ALLAHABAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 0
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHURAMA
- Total area (ha)
- 674.12
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 208.51
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khurma
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khurma
- LGD code
- 163442
- Pincode
- 212302
- Post office
- Meja
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,632
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,103
- Households
- 386
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 928
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Coordinates
- 26.45915°N, 80.77350°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Unnao
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purwa
- Member of Parliament
- Sakshi Maharaj
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anil Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- samrbahadur
- Block / Mandal
- Meja
Getting there
How to reach Khurma
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow46 kmcapital
- Delhi425 km
- Kolkata881 km
- Hyderabad1036 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBighapur14 km
- Hospital / PHCNawabganj Seva Hospital21 km
- ATM / bankState Bank Of India22 km
- Petrol pumpESSAR OIL LIMTED22 km
- CollegeAllen House group of Colleges35 km
- Police stationPolice station23 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)