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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SURAJ PANDEY
Contact: 97****5114
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- LGD code
- 177197
- Pincode
- 272153
- Post office
- Bansi
- Population
- 856
- Households
- 121
- Literacy rate
- 42.2%
- Sex ratio
- 877 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 336
Census 2011 · in context
How Tursia compares
By population, Tursia ranks #242 of 776 villages in Bansi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.2%
−7.1% vs mandal average
Tursia42.2%
Bansi mandal49.3%
Siddharthnagar district48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
877
−111 vs mandal average
Tursia877
Bansi mandal988
Household size
people per home
7.1
+0.4 vs mandal average
Tursia7.1
Bansi mandal6.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tursia at a glance
Tursia is a village of 856 people in 121 households (Census 2011) in Bansi tehsil, Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, the 242nd-largest of 776 villages in Bansi tehsil. Literacy is 42%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 877 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 272153, served by Bansi post office; the LGD village code is 177197. The sarpanch is SURAJ PANDEY , and the village votes in Harraiya assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Singh. The population is estimated at 1,009 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Tursia →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tursia · this village | 856 | 42% | — |
| Darhia · Bansi | 741 | 46% | — |
| Santhwa · Bansi | 430 | 54% | — |
| Imilia · Bansi | 392 | 50% | — |
| Jigina Khurd · Bansi | 267 | 43% | — |
| Khunaura · Bansi | 136 | 42% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tursia
- 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
- 0
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SIDDHARTHNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 46
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TURASIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 59.05
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 46.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tursia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tursia
- LGD code
- 177197
- Pincode
- 272153
- Post office
- Bansi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 856
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,009
- Households
- 121
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 877
- Literacy rate
- 42.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Basti
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Harraiya
- Member of Parliament
- Ram Prasad Chaudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ajay Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SURAJ PANDEY
- Block / Mandal
- Bansi
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 272153
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- Mahuinankar
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- Tikur
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- Baraon Nankar
- Gohar
- Sekhui
- Nasirganj
- Sikta
- Suhairanpurwa
- Kathmorwa
- Mithwal Buzurg
- Semra Mustahkam
- Pakardiha
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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)