# Kurem Gram Panchayat, Rasra, Ballia – Gram Pradhan, Villages, PIN Code

> Kurem is a gram panchayat in Rasra block of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh (LGD code 50270, PIN code 277302).
> It has 5 villages: Balipur Jamal, Chkia Toufir, Dhkhra, Kurem, Kusha Khurd.
> The Gram Pradhan is Lalita Devi.
> It is in Rasara assembly constituency (MLA: Umashankar Singh, Bahujan Samaj Party) and Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency (MP: Rajeev Rai).

Source page: https://digitalpanchayat.org/uttar-pradesh/ballia/rasra/kurem/  
Updated 15 October 2026 · Sources: LGD, Election Commission of India, Census 2011 and other open government data

## Key facts
- **Name:** Kurem / कुरम
- **Type:** Gram Panchayat
- **LGD code:** 50270
- **Block:** Rasra
- **Tehsil:** Rasra
- **District:** Ballia
- **Division:** Azamgarh Division
- **State:** Uttar Pradesh
- **Villages:** 5
- **Assembly Constituency:** Rasara
- **Lok Sabha Constituency:** Ghosi
- **Gram Pradhan:** Lalita Devi
- **MLA:** Umashankar Singh (Bahujan Samaj Party)
- **MP:** Rajeev Rai (Samajwadi Party)
- **PIN code:** 277302, 221712
- **Coordinates:** 25.8528° N, 83.7824° E (approximate)
- **Schools:** 1
- **Polling Centres:** 1
- **Panchayat Secretary:** Shashikant Singh

## Elected representatives
- **Gram Pradhan:** Lalita Devi
- **Panchayat Secretary:** Shashikant Singh
- **MLA:** Umashankar Singh (Bahujan Samaj Party), https://digitalpanchayat.org/leaders/umashankar-singh-mla-rasara/
- **MP:** Rajeev Rai (Samajwadi Party), https://digitalpanchayat.org/leaders/rajeev-rai-mp-ghosi/

## Villages
- Balipur Jamal
- Chkia Toufir
- Dhkhra
- Kurem (कुरम)
- Kusha Khurd

## Frequently asked questions
### In which block and district is Kurem Gram Panchayat?
Kurem Gram Panchayat is in Rasra development block of Ballia district, under Rasra tehsil.

### What is the LGD code of Kurem Gram Panchayat?
The Local Government Directory (LGD) code of Kurem Gram Panchayat is 50270.

### How many villages are there in Kurem Gram Panchayat?
Kurem Gram Panchayat has 5 revenue village(s): Balipur Jamal, Chkia Toufir, Dhkhra, Kurem and Kusha Khurd.

### Who is the Gram Pradhan of Kurem Gram Panchayat?
The Gram Pradhan of Kurem Gram Panchayat is Lalita Devi; their mobile number is on this page under "View number" (source: UP Panchayati Raj Department, 2026-10-14).

### Which assembly constituency does Kurem come under?
Kurem comes under the Rasara Vidhan Sabha (assembly) constituency.

### Who is the MLA of Kurem?
The MLA for Rasara is Umashankar Singh (Bahujan Samaj Party) (2022 general election).

### Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kurem in?
Kurem is in the Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency.

### Who is the MP of Kurem?
The Member of Parliament for Ghosi is Rajeev Rai (Samajwadi Party) (2024 Lok Sabha election).

### What is the PIN code of Kurem?
The PIN code of Kurem is most likely 277302, 221712. Confirm the exact PIN for your village with the nearest post office.

### Which is the nearest railway station to Kurem?
The nearest railway station is Rajmalpur Road, about 4.5 km away (straight-line).

### How far is Kurem from Ballia?
Kurem is about 40 km west of Ballia district headquarters (straight-line distance).

### Where are the polling centres of Kurem?
According to the State Election Commission, the polling centres for Kurem are: हाईस्कूल प्राथमिक पाठशाला कुरेम.

### Which is the nearest bank to Kurem?
Nearby branches include HDFC Bank, Amila (IFSC HDFC0006141), roughly 4.1 km away.

### Where can residents of Kurem get land records (Khatauni)?
Open UP Bhulekh (upbhulekh.gov.in), choose district Ballia and Tehsil Rasra, then your village to see the Khatauni. A certified copy is available at a Common Service Centre or the Rasra Tehsil office.

### How can I complain about work in Kurem Gram Panchayat?
Raise it first in the Gram Sabha meeting. Then give a written complaint to the ADO (Panchayat) at Rasra block, or register it on IGRS (Jansunwai) (jansunwai.up.nic.in) / helpline 1076. Panchayat spending can be checked on egramswaraj.gov.in.

### Which gram panchayats are near Kurem?
Kop (0.5 km), Narni (1.4 km), Mustfabad (1.6 km), Saray Bharati (1.9 km) and Nibu Kabirpur (2.7 km)

### Who is the panchayat secretary of Kurem?
The panchayat secretary of Kurem is Shashikant Singh.

## Sources
- [Assembly constituency boundaries (post-2008 delimitation), datameet/maps](https://github.com/datameet/maps), CC BY 2.5 IN
- [Airports (OurAirports)](https://ourairports.com/data/), Public domain
- [Aspirational Districts and Aspirational Blocks Programmes](https://abp.championsofchange.gov.in/), Public government data
- [NASA POWER agro-climatology (long-term monthly normals)](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/), Public domain (NASA)
- [Digital Panchayat curated tables (divisions, ODOP, schemes)](https://github.com/aslisubhash/digital-panchayat-project), CC BY 4.0
- [Calculated by Digital Panchayat from the sources cited alongside](https://github.com/aslisubhash/digital-panchayat-project), CC BY 4.0
- [DIGIPIN national addressing grid, computed from the panchayat's reference point](https://www.indiapost.gov.in/vas/Pages/digipin.aspx), Open algorithm
- [SRTM 1-arc-second elevation (AWS Terrain Tiles, Skadi)](https://registry.opendata.aws/terrain-tiles/), Public domain (SRTM); see terrain-tiles attribution
- [Bank branches with IFSC/MICR (razorpay/ifsc-api)](https://github.com/razorpay/ifsc), MIT (public RBI data)
- [UP gram pradhan election results 2005–2021 (in-rolls/local_elections_up)](https://github.com/in-rolls/local_elections_up), MIT (compilation); public election results
- [ESA WorldCover 10 m land cover 2021 (v200)](https://esa-worldcover.org/), CC BY 4.0
- [Local Government Directory snapshot (planemad/india-local-government-directory)](https://github.com/planemad/india-local-government-directory), GODL-India
- [Lok Sabha 2024 constituency results](https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/), Public results
- [Government schemes (myScheme.gov.in)](https://www.myscheme.gov.in/), Public scheme information (dataset Apache-2.0)
- [National Family Health Survey 5 district fact sheets](http://rchiips.org/nfhs/), Public fact sheets
- [Panchayat Advancement Index, theme-wise gram panchayat scores](https://pai.gov.in/PS/Public/TW-GP.aspx), Public government data
- [Census of India 2011 Primary Census Abstract (district)](https://censusindia.gov.in/), Public
- [All-India post office and PIN directory with coordinates](https://data.gov.in/catalog/all-india-pincode-directory), GODL-India
- [National Panchayat Awards winners](https://panchayataward.gov.in/), Public government data
- [Railway stations (datameet/railways)](https://github.com/datameet/railways), CC0
- [UP SEC panchayat polling centres (in-rolls/up_polling_station_locations)](https://github.com/in-rolls/up_polling_station_locations), Public government data; compilation by in-rolls
- [Gram panchayat office-bearers report (PB-2 form)](https://panchayatiraj.up.nic.in/pblc_pg/Reports/PB2FormReport?ReportType=Filled&District=BALLIA), Public government report
- [UP Vidhan Sabha 2022 and Lok Sabha 2024 segment results](https://results.eci.gov.in/), Public results
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0