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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUSHMA BILUNG
Contact: 95****6514
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- LGD code
- 376598
- Pincode
- 835226
- Post office
- Thethaitangar
- Population
- 1,286
- Households
- 270
- Literacy rate
- 49.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1048 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 653
Census 2011 · in context
How Kurpani compares
By population, Kurpani ranks #24 of 61 villages in Thethaitangar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.4%
−6.3% vs mandal average
Kurpani49.4%
Thethaitangar mandal55.7%
Simdega district57.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,048
+47 vs mandal average
Kurpani1,048
Thethaitangar mandal1,001
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.2 vs mandal average
Kurpani4.8
Thethaitangar mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kurpani at a glance
Kurpani is a village of 1,286 people in 270 households (Census 2011) in Thethaitangar block, Simdega district, Jharkhand, the 24th-largest of 61 villages in Thethaitangar block. Literacy is 49%, 6 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 835226, served by Thethaitangar post office; the LGD village code is 376598. The sarpanch is SUSHMA BILUNG. The population is estimated at 1,516 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Konmenjara →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurpani · this village | 1,286 | 49% | — |
| Konmenjra · Thethaitangar | 2,265 | 58% | — |
| Siyandohar · Thethaitangar | 463 | 70% | — |
| Charmunda · Thethaitangar | 397 | 54% | — |
| Gamharjhariya · Thethaitangar | 203 | 54% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kurpani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SIMDEGA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KONMENJRA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,230
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 14.16
- Forest area (ha)
- 810.96
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kurpani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kurpani
- LGD code
- 376598
- Pincode
- 835226
- Post office
- Thethaitangar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,286
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,516
- Households
- 270
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1048
- Literacy rate
- 49.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khunti
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kharsawan
- Member of Parliament
- Kali Charan Munda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUSHMA BILUNG
- Block / Mandal
- Thethaitangar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 835226
- KeryaThethaitangar mandal5,731 pop
- KoromiyaThethaitangar mandal4,665 pop
- GhutbaharThethaitangar mandal4,427 pop
- ThethaitangarThethaitangar mandal4,423 pop
- KonpalaThethaitangar mandal4,309 pop
- MeromdegaThethaitangar mandal3,304 pop
- JoramThethaitangar mandal2,954 pop
- MalsaraBolba mandal2,689 pop
- KadopaniBolba mandal2,526 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kurpani
Other villages in Thethaitangar mandal
View all 60+ →- Kerya
- Koromiya
- Ghutbahar
- Thethaitangar
- Konpala
- Meromdega
- Joram
- Taraboga
- Paikpara
- Tukupani Gurgurchuan
- Deobahargindra
- Konmenjra
- Rajabasa
- Jampani
- Baghchatta
- Siringbera
- Bombalkera
- Tapudega Pandripani
- Kahupani
- Binjhiyabandh
- Konbegi
- Deobahar
- Ambapani
- Kasdega
- Anwrabahar
- Koronjo
- Dumki
- Kutniya
- Jilinga
- Semarkudar
- Galsera
- Kurumdegi
- Jambahar
- Gargarbahar
- Mararoma
- Mundaltoli
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)