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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kukurha is a village in Itarhi mandal, Buxar district, Bihar with a population of 5,802 across 890 households. It has a literacy rate of 56.8% and falls under PIN code 802123.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANGITA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 248676
- Pincode
- 802123
- Post office
- Itarhi
- Population
- 5,802
- Households
- 890
- Literacy rate
- 56.8%
- Sex ratio
- 948 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,801
- Distance to district centre
- 218 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 181 km
- Distance to Patna
- 181 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 640 km
- Nearest railway station
- Narkatyaganj · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kukurha compares
By population, Kukurha ranks #4 of 167 villages in Itarhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.8%
+0.8% vs mandal average
- Kukurha
- 56.8%
- Itarhi mandal
- 56.0%
- Buxar district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
948
+11 vs mandal average
- Kukurha
- 948
- Itarhi mandal
- 937
Household size
people per home
6.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Kukurha
- 6.5
- Itarhi mandal
- 6.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kukurha at a glance
Kukurha is a village of 5,802 people in 890 households (Census 2011) in Itarhi block, Buxar district, Bihar, the 4th-largest of 167 villages in Itarhi block. Literacy is 57%, about the same as the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 948 women per 1,000 men. It lies 218 km from the Buxar district centre, 0 km from Pakri, the nearest town, under 1 km from Narkatyaganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 802123, served by Itarhi post office; the LGD village code is 248676. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SANGITA DEVI, and the village votes in Mahnar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umesh Singh Kushwaha. The population is estimated at 6,841 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kukurha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BUXAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kukurha
- Total area (ha)
- 863.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 587.04
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kukurha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kukurha
- LGD code
- 248676
- Pincode
- 802123
- Post office
- Itarhi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,802
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,841
- Households
- 890
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 948
- Literacy rate
- 56.8%
- Coordinates
- 27.10800°N, 84.46400°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hajipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahnar
- Member of Parliament
- Chirag Paswan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Umesh Singh Kushwaha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANGITA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Itarhi
Getting there
How to reach Kukurha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna181 kmcapital
- Kolkata640 km
- Delhi732 km
- Hyderabad1243 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNarkatyaganj<1 km
- Hospital / PHCSub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj<1 km
- ATM / bankparas pakdi32 km
- Petrol pumpM/S USHA AUTOMOBILES23 km
- Police stationBettiah Main Police Station35 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kukurha
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Birla MandirTemple<1 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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