About Kurain Village

Kurain is a mid sized village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,303, made up of 719 males and 584 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278 hectares hectares.

Kurain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurain village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kaimur
Tehsil	Chainpur
Area (hectares)	278 hectares
Population	1,303
Male Population	719
Female Population	584
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	812
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurain compares

By the 2011 count Kurain is the 45th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,264 residents. Its 278 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 927.

Getting to Kurain

Kurain is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kurain as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kurain from other places

Kurain lies about 137 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Sagauli Junction, about 4.6 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 Kurain
Nearest railway station	Sagauli Junction	4.6 km
Nearest town	Sagauli	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chainpur	11 km
District headquarters	Kaimur	137 km

Villages closest to Kurain

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

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Common questions about Kurain

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurain village had a population of 1,303. That makes it the 45th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,264 residents.

Kurain village has 719 males and 584 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurain has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Kurain covers 278 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurain falls under Chainpur tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kurain is Sagauli Junction, about 4.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kurain.

Kurain is about 137 km from Kaimur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurain is in Chainpur tehsil of Kaimur district. Sagauli Junction is about 4.6 km away. Sagauli is about 4.7 km away. Chainpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.