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About Kurwan Village

Kurwan is a mid sized village in Barun tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 678, made up of 337 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares.

Kurwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurwan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Barun
Area (hectares) 132 hectares
Population 678
Male Population 337
Female Population 341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurwan compares

By the 2011 count Kurwan is the 99th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,091 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Kurwan

Kurwan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kurwan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kurwan from other places

Kurwan lies about 16 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Anugraha Narayan Road, about 4.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kurwan
Nearest railway station Anugraha Narayan Road 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Barun 9.9 km
Nearest town Madhurampur Dehri 15 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 16 km

Villages closest to Kurwan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barun tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Kurwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurwan village had a population of 678. That makes it the 99th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,091 residents.

Kurwan village has 337 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurwan has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Kurwan covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurwan falls under Barun tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kurwan is Anugraha Narayan Road, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kurwan.

Kurwan is about 16 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurwan is in Barun tehsil of Aurangabad district. Anugraha Narayan Road is about 4.1 km away. Barun is about 9.9 km away. Madhurampur Dehri is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baidahi (under 2 km), Harnahi (under 2 km) and Tamoli (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kurwan today is likely to be higher.

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