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About Bhurkurya Village

Bhurkurya is a mid sized village in Nabinagar tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,057, made up of 564 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189 hectares hectares.

Bhurkurya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhurkurya village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Nabinagar
Area (hectares) 189 hectares
Population 1,057
Male Population 564
Female Population 493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
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 Bhurkurya compares

By the 2011 count Bhurkurya is the 78th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 940 residents. Its 189 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Bhurkurya

Bhurkurya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bhurkurya 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 Bhurkurya from other places

Bhurkurya lies about 18 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Ankorha, about 3.8 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 Bhurkurya
Nearest railway station Ankorha 3.8 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 18 km
Nearest town Aurangābād 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Nabinagar 21 km

Villages closest to Bhurkurya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nabinagar 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 Bhurkurya

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhurkurya village had a population of 1,057. That makes it the 78th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 940 residents.

Bhurkurya village has 564 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhurkurya has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Bhurkurya covers 189 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhurkurya falls under Nabinagar tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bhurkurya is Ankorha, about 3.8 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 Bhurkurya.

Bhurkurya is about 18 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhurkurya is in Nabinagar tehsil of Aurangabad district. Ankorha is about 3.8 km away. Aurangabad is about 18 km away. Aurangābād is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jasoia (under 2 km), Anjanian (2.2 km) and Akorha (2.4 km).

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

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