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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kurela is a village in Rajnagar mandal, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of 1,298 across 298 households with a literacy rate of 44.5%. The village is located at PIN 471625.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAJNI YADAV
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- LGD code
- 457967
- Pincode
- 471625
- Post office
- Rajnager
- Population
- 1,298
- Households
- 298
- Literacy rate
- 44.5%
- Sex ratio
- 906 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 618
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 296 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 493 km
- Nearest railway station
- Duriyaganj · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Rajnagar · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kurela compares
By population, Kurela ranks #57 of 112 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.5%
−4.0% vs mandal average
- Kurela
- 44.5%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 48.5%
- Chhatarpur district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
906
+11 vs mandal average
- Kurela
- 906
- Rajnagar mandal
- 895
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Kurela
- 4.4
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kurela at a glance
Kurela is a village of 1,298 people in 298 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 57th-largest of 112 villages in Rajnagar tehsil. Literacy is 45%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 906 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 2 km from Duriyaganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471625, served by Rajnager post office; the LGD village code is 457967. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Rajnagar, 17 km away. The sarpanch is RAJNI YADAV, and the village votes in Rajnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arvind Pateriya. The population is estimated at 1,530 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kurela
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAJNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 672.48
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 177.15
- Forest area (ha)
- 42.06
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kurela
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kurela
- LGD code
- 457967
- Pincode
- 471625
- Post office
- Rajnager
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,298
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,530
- Households
- 298
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 906
- Literacy rate
- 44.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.81390°N, 79.77365°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajnagar
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arvind Pateriya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAJNI YADAV
- Block / Mandal
- Rajnagar
Getting there
How to reach Kurela
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal296 kmcapital
- Delhi493 km
- Hyderabad837 km
- Kolkata909 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDuriyaganj2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Rajnagar17 km
- ATM / bankSBI Bank15 km
- CollegeGovt Polytechnic Mahoba55 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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)