About Kursa Village

Kursa is a mid sized village in Kochas tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 935, made up of 489 males and 446 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kursa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kursa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Kochas
Pincode	821112
Area (hectares)	227.83 hectares
Population	935
Male Population	489
Female Population	446
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
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 Kursa compares

By the 2011 count Kursa is the 61st largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 227.83 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Kursa

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

Kursa lies about 65 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Garhnokha, about 20 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 Kursa
Tehsil headquarters	Kochas	5.8 km
Nearest town	Nokha	19 km
Nearest railway station	Garhnokha	20 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	65 km

Villages closest to Kursa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kursa village had a population of 935. That makes it the 61st largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Kursa village has 489 males and 446 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kursa has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Kursa is 821112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kursa covers 227.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kursa falls under Kochas tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kursa is Garhnokha, about 20 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 Kursa.

Kursa is about 65 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kursa is in Kochas tehsil of Rohtas district. Kochas is about 5.8 km away. Nokha is about 19 km away. Garhnokha is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.