About Kurkuri Village

Kurkuri is a large village in Paliganj tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,444, made up of 2,248 males and 2,196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 458.91 hectares hectares.

Kurkuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurkuri village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Paliganj
Area (hectares)	458.91 hectares
Population	4,444
Male Population	2,248
Female Population	2,196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurkuri compares

By the 2011 count Kurkuri is the 11th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents. Its 458.91 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Kurkuri

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

Kurkuri lies about 47 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Garhani, about 23 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 Kurkuri
Tehsil headquarters	Paliganj	2.7 km
Nearest town	Arwal	14 km
Nearest railway station	Garhani	23 km
District headquarters	Patna	47 km

Villages closest to Kurkuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurkuri village had a population of 4,444. That makes it the 11th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents.

Kurkuri village has 2,248 males and 2,196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurkuri has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Kurkuri covers 458.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kurkuri falls under Paliganj tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kurkuri is Garhani, about 23 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 Kurkuri.

Kurkuri is about 47 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurkuri is in Paliganj tehsil of Patna district. Paliganj is about 2.7 km away. Arwal is about 14 km away. Garhani is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.