# Kurma Village, Baloda, Janjgir - Champa (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Baloda, Janjgir - Champa 

# Kurma

Kurma is a village in Baloda sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495559**. The 2011 Census counted **1,780 people in 425 households**, the 14th largest of 69 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.0%.

- 1,780people (2011)
- 425households
- 71.0%literacy
- 495559PIN code

## Kurma PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kurma is 495559.** Kurma falls in Baloda sub-district, Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code495559
- Gram panchayatKurma
- Community development blockBaloda
- Census village code436685

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kurma from nearby towns?

- Baloda (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Janjgir (district HQ)25 km by road
- Baloda (nearest town)12 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kurma?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kurma; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Budgahan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Baloda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Akaltara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kurma known for?

The main crops are **paddy, tivra and wheat**. About 79% of the 309 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kurma

Of every 100 households in Kurma in 2011, 76 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurma · ■ Baloda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**90%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****10%**

**21%

Television ****4%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**15%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****76%**

**40%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kurma?

■ Kurma · ■ Baloda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**73.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****752**

**968

Working population ****54.9%**

**58.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 56.9% for women. 55% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 256 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 578 (59%) · **■** Other work 20 (2%) · **■** Marginal 123 (13%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Baloda

- Hedaspur2,505 people
- Pahariya2,292 people
- Bachhoud1,965 people
- Rasauta1,861 people
- Baksara1,727 people
- Nawgawan1,678 people
- Kandara1,622 people
- Birgahani1,588 people

[All 69 villages in Baloda](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/janjgir-champa/baloda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kurma?495559
- How far is Kurma from Janjgir?25 km by road
- What is the population of Kurma?1,780 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurma in?Janjgir - Champa district (Baloda sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kurma?71.0% (Census 2011)