Kurmun

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title: "Kurmun" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-purba-bardhaman-district"] topic_path: "general/villages-in-purba-bardhaman-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurmun" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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pushpin_map_captionLocation in West Bengal, India
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameIndia
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1West Bengal
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Purba Bardhaman
established_title
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population_total8,478
population_as_of2011
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demographics_type1Languages
demographics1_title1Official
demographics1_info1Bengali, English
timezone1IST
utc_offset1+5:30
postal_code_typePIN
postal_code713102
area_code_typeTelephone/STD code
area_code0342
blank1_name_sec1Lok Sabha constituency
blank1_info_sec1Bardhaman-Durgapur
blank2_name_sec1Vidhan Sabha constituency
blank2_info_sec1Bhatar
website
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Geography

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Location

Kurmun is located at .

Urbanisation

73.58% of the population of Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 26.42% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Bardhaman district. The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India Kurmun had a total population of 8,478, of which 4,256 (50%) were males and 4,256 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 796. The total number of literates in Kurmun was 5,512 (71.75% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

State Highway 8 running from Santaldih (in Purulia district) to Majhdia (in Nadia district) passes through Kurmun

Education

Kurmun High school is a coeducational Bengali-medium higher secondary school. Established in 1914, it has facilities for teaching from class V to XII. It is housed in a government building, it has 16 computers, a library with 6,000 books and a play ground.

Kurmun also has a library named "Udayan Sangha Rural Library" with around 10000 books and some ancient books called 'Punthi'

Culture

Kurmun has two old temples, the Ishaneswar Shiva temple with a lingam in the shape of a trishula and Kalachand Dharmaraj temple in Buri Gachtala. Earlier, Kurmun used to celebrate two Gajan utsabs – Ishaneswar Gajan in the Bengali month of Choitro and Kalachand Gajan during Buddha Purnima. Now there is a combined Gajan festival in Choitro, celebrated by all castes in the village. In the earlier days there used to be a dance with a nara mundo (severed human head), that was collected from a dead body and painted in bright colours, this tradition still continues. In the Ishaneswar Shiva temple there is an old stone idol of Saptamatrika Indrani. It is a rather unusual combination of Shiva and Shakti worship.

In Kurmun, there is one Church at Arachiya More, where Christmas is celebrated by Christians.

In Palashi (also called Sonapalashi), an adjacent village, there is a Buro Shiva temple, constructed in 1872. It has an attractive terracotta façade. Lal Behari Dey, of Bengal Peasant Life (earlier named Govinda Samanta) fame was born at Palashi.

Healthcare

Kurmun block primary health centre at Kurmun (with 10 beds) is the main medical facility in Burdwan I CD block. There are primary health centres at Baghat (with 4 beds) and Jamar, PO Korar (with 10 beds). In 2012, the average monthly patients attending Kurmun BPHC were 4,880 and average monthly admissions were 112. It handled 799 annual emergency admissions.

See also - Healthcare in West Bengal

References

References

  1. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman". Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
  2. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
  3. "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police.
  4. "Kurmun High School". ICBSE.
  5. (13 April 2023). "আজ কুড়মুনে ভয়ংকর মরার মাথা খেলা ☠️😨 || Ajj Kurmun Voinkor Morar Mathe Khala 😱 @deepbijayvlogs34".
  6. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), {{in lang. bn, Vol II, pages 576-77, Radical Impression. {{ISBN. 81-85459-36-3
  7. "Health & Family Welfare Department". Government of West Bengal.
  8. "Performancee of Block Primary Health Centres (BPHC) in West Bengal during 2012 (January to December)". Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal.

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