Kurma is a village in Chas mandal, Bokaro district, Jharkhand, with a population of 2,694 in 530 households. The village has a literacy rate of 53.3% and is located at coordinates 22.649°N, 86.023°E.
By population, Kurma ranks #33 of 126 villages in Chas mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kurma is a village of 2,694 people in 530 households (Census 2011) in Chas block, Bokaro district, Jharkhand, the 33rd-largest of 126 villages in Chas block. Literacy is 53%, 2 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 916 women per 1,000 men. It lies 135 km from the Bokaro district centre, 59 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 14 km from Haludpukur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 827013, served by Chas (Bokaro) post office; the LGD village code is 362687. The nearest hospital or health centre is Saraikela District Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is SIBU SOREN, and the village votes in Sindri assembly constituency, represented by Chandradeo Mahato Alias Bablu Mahato. The population is estimated at 3,176 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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