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About Kurejhar Village

Kurejhar is a small village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 121, made up of 62 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurejhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurejhar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 110.36 hectares
Population 121
Male Population 62
Female Population 59
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 952
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kurejhar compares

By the 2011 count Kurejhar is the 162nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 110.36 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Kurejhar

Kurejhar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kurejhar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kurejhar from other places

Kurejhar lies about 42 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bortalao, about 3.8 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 Kurejhar
Nearest railway station Bortalao 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 12 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 42 km

Villages closest to Kurejhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurejhar village had a population of 121. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Kurejhar village has 62 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurejhar has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Kurejhar is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurejhar covers 110.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurejhar falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kurejhar is Bortalao, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kurejhar.

Kurejhar is about 42 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurejhar is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bortalao is about 3.8 km away. Dongargarh is about 12 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kauhapani (2.9 km), Makranpur (3.3 km) and Bortalab (3.7 km).

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

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