Kurkheda, Maharashtra
Kurkheda is a town in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra and serves as Nagar Panchayat. It is also a Block, Taluka and Block Panchayat of Gadchiroli district.
As on December 2024, the current population of Kurkheda is 8.5 thousands out of which 4.3 thousands are males and rest 4.1 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 956 females per 1000 males. There are around 731 teenagers in Kurkheda. It has literacy rate of 83% which means around 7 thousands persons can read and write. Total 1.5 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 1.6 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 2.1 thousands households in Kurkheda, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 3.5 thousands.
Schools
Kurkheda has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Shivaji High School And Junior College Kurkheda
- Shriram Vidyalaya, Kurkheda
- Shri Tukaram Vidyalaya And Junior College, Kadholi
- N. U. Adv. Ashram School, Vadegaon
- Shri Sainath Vidyalaya, Malewada
Kurkheda Block Panchayat
Sunanda A Halami is the President (Block Pramukh) of Block Panchayat Kurkheda, who can be contacted at email address bdokurkheda@gmail.com and mobile number 94230xxx28. The Block landline number is 07139-24**58. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Anita K Telang, who can be reached at email address bdokurkheda1@gmail.com and mobile number 94221xxx78. The Block address is Panchayat Samiti Kurkheda, Korchi Rod Kurkheda, Pincode - 441209. You can reach there by taking a bus till Kurkheda bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has internet facility.Kurkheda Block Panchayat consists of total 45 Village Panchayat.
- Andhali (N.)
- Andhali (S.)
- Angara
- Antargaon
- Arattondi
- Bhandhagaon
- Belgaon (K.)
- Bhategaon
- Chandagad
- Charbhatti
- Charvidand
- Chikhali
- Chinegaon
- Chirchadi
- Dadapur
- Dhanegaon
- Gewardha
- Ghati
- Gothangaon
- Gurnuli
- Jambhulkheda
- Kadholi
- Katalwada
- Kharkada
- Khedegaon
- Khobramendha
- Kumbhitola
- Maldugi
- Malewada
- Nanhi
- Navezari
- Palasgad
- Purada
- Ramgad
- Ranwahi
- Sawalkheda
- Shirpur
- Shioni
- Sonerangi
- Sonsari
- Talegaon
- Uradi
- Wadegaon
- Yengalkheda
- Bhagwanpur
Other villages in Kurkheda Taluka
Kurkheda Taluka has total 2 villages which are currently not mapped to any Village Panchayat.