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About Kurda Village

Kurda is a mid sized village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,387, made up of 675 males and 712 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 388.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurda village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Sakti
Pincode 491995
Area (hectares) 388.89 hectares
Population 1,387
Male Population 675
Female Population 712
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,055
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurda compares

By the 2011 count Kurda is the 34th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 388.89 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Kurda

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

Kurda lies about 29 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 8.3 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 Kurda
Nearest railway station Baradwar 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakti 15 km
Nearest town Saktī 15 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 29 km

Villages closest to Kurda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurda village had a population of 1,387. That makes it the 34th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Kurda village has 675 males and 712 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurda has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Kurda is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurda covers 388.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurda falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kurda is Baradwar, about 8.3 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 village for Kurda.

Kurda is about 29 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurda is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Baradwar is about 8.3 km away. Sakti is about 15 km away. Saktī is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagrda (1.7 km), Sendri (2.1 km) and Manikpur (2.2 km).

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

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