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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kurumba is a village in Bhatar mandal, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal. The village has a population of 1,330 across 297 households with a literacy rate of 52.1%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ANJALI SAREN MAHULI
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- LGD code
- 319807
- Pincode
- 713143
- Post office
- Koychor
- Population
- 1,330
- Households
- 297
- Literacy rate
- 52.1%
- Sex ratio
- 928 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 625
- Distance to district centre
- 194 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 181 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 263 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1042 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dugda · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Swastik Hospital & Urological Centre · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kurumba compares
By population, Kurumba ranks #72 of 107 villages in Bhatar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.1%
−11.6% vs mandal average
- Kurumba
- 52.1%
- Bhatar mandal
- 63.7%
- Purba Bardhaman district
- 68.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
928
−34 vs mandal average
- Kurumba
- 928
- Bhatar mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Kurumba
- 4.5
- Bhatar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kurumba at a glance
Kurumba is a village of 1,330 people in 297 households (Census 2011) in Bhatar block, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, the 72nd-largest of 107 villages in Bhatar block. Literacy is 52%, 12 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. It lies 194 km from the Purba Bardhaman district centre, 29 km from Kharki, the nearest town, 2 km from Dugda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 713143, served by Koychor post office; the LGD village code is 319807. The nearest hospital or health centre is Swastik Hospital & Urological Centre, <1 km away. The sarpanch is ANJALI SAREN MAHULI, and the village votes in Bhatar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Soumen Karfa. The population is estimated at 1,568 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kurumba
- 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)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 265.09
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 242.81
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kurumba
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kurumba
- LGD code
- 319807
- Pincode
- 713143
- Post office
- Koychor
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,330
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,568
- Households
- 297
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 928
- Literacy rate
- 52.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.76240°N, 86.14479°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bardhaman-Durgapur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhatar
- Member of Parliament
- Kirti Azad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Soumen Karfa
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ANJALI SAREN MAHULI
- Block / Mandal
- Bhatar
Getting there
How to reach Kurumba
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata263 kmcapital
- Delhi1042 km
- Hyderabad1066 km
- Chennai1339 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDugda2 km
- Hospital / PHCSwastik Hospital & Urological Centre<1 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM10 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil8 km
- CollegeSSLNT College30 km
- Police stationBarora Police Station11 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)