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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NANDLAL AGRAHARI
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- LGD code
- 213286
- Pincode
- 231205
- Post office
- Chopan
- Population
- 1,230
- Households
- 221
- Literacy rate
- 37.6%
- Sex ratio
- 907 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 646
Census 2011 · in context
How Kurachha compares
By population, Kurachha ranks #54 of 114 villages in Obra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
37.6%
−2.9% vs mandal average
- Kurachha
- 37.6%
- Obra mandal
- 40.5%
- Sonbhadra district
- 52.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
907
−9 vs mandal average
- Kurachha
- 907
- Obra mandal
- 916
Household size
people per home
5.6
Same as the mandal average
- Kurachha
- 5.6
- Obra mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kurachha at a glance
Kurachha is a village of 1,230 people in 221 households (Census 2011) in Obra tehsil, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, the 54th-largest of 114 villages in Obra tehsil. Literacy is 38%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 41% and the sex ratio is 907 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 231205, served by Chopan post office; the LGD village code is 213286. The sarpanch is NANDLAL AGRAHARI, and the village votes in Mohanlalganj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amresh Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,450 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kurachha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SONBHADRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 46
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GHORAWAL
- Total area (ha)
- 354.93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 18.08
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kurachha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kurachha
- LGD code
- 213286
- Pincode
- 231205
- Post office
- Chopan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,230
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,450
- Households
- 221
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 907
- Literacy rate
- 37.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mohanlalganj
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohanlalganj
- Member of Parliament
- R. K. Chaudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Amresh Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NANDLAL AGRAHARI
- Block / Mandal
- Obra
- Nearest PHC
- Sardar Nursing Home (113.9 km)
- Nearest post office
- Head Post Office sultanpur (114.6 km)
- Nearest bank
- Punjab National Bank (114.1 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Amethi (97.6 km)
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)