About Kurud Village

Kurud is a mid sized village in Thanakhamria tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,148, made up of 578 males and 570 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurud village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Thanakhamria
Pincode	491338
Area (hectares)	422.42 hectares
Population	1,148
Male Population	578
Female Population	570
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurud compares

By the 2011 count Kurud is the 20th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 422.42 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Kurud

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

Kurud lies about 9.8 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhilai Power House, about 4.4 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 Kurud
Nearest railway station	Bhilai Power House	4.4 km
Nearest town	Jāmul	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thanakhamria	9.8 km
District headquarters	Durg	9.8 km

Villages closest to Kurud

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurud village had a population of 1,148. That makes it the 20th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Kurud village has 578 males and 570 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurud has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Kurud is 491338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurud covers 422.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurud falls under Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kurud is Bhilai Power House, about 4.4 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kurud.

Kurud is about 9.8 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurud is in Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district. Bhilai Power House is about 4.4 km away. Jāmul is about 4.9 km away. Thanakhamria is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.