Kurkheda

Kurkheda
Kurkheda
	Village
	Kurkheda Location in Maharashtra, India
	Coordinates: 20.37°N 80.12°E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Gadchiroli
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Kurkheda Municipal Council
Elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	15,000
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Kurkheda is a Village and a tehsil in the Gadchiroli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Geography

Kurkheda is located at . It has an average elevation of 240 metres (790 feet).

Kurkheda is a part of the Kurkheda subdivision in the Gadchiroli district. It encompasses a total of 128 villages.

Education

Among many schools, Shivaji High School and Junior College is the oldest one.

Shri Govindrao Munghate Arts and Science Degree and PG College is run by the Dandakaranya Educational, Cultural and Research Institute, Gadchiroli. The college is affiliated to the R.T.M. Nagpur University, and to the University Grants Commission Delhi. Dr. R.G. Munghate is the principal of the college. Apart from education, the college is also involved in various socioeconomic research activities in association with different national and international research organisations. One such international project, based on 'Tobacco Use Among the College Students', was successfully carried out. This project was completed in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation America and the Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai. Sushroosha nursing home is the largest medical facility of Kurkheda, run by Dr.Tejram Buddhe and Mrs. Usha Buddhe.

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