About Kurishtikur Village

Kurishtikur is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,208, made up of 601 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 844.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurishtikur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurishtikur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Kanker
Pincode	494334
Area (hectares)	844.26 hectares
Population	1,208
Male Population	601
Female Population	607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurishtikur compares

By the 2011 count Kurishtikur is the 23rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 844.26 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Kurishtikur

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

Kurishtikur lies about 17 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 33 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 Kurishtikur
Tehsil headquarters	Kanker	11 km
Nearest town	Kānker	11 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	17 km
Nearest railway station	Keoti	33 km

Villages closest to Kurishtikur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurishtikur village had a population of 1,208. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Kurishtikur village has 601 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurishtikur has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Kurishtikur is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurishtikur covers 844.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurishtikur falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kurishtikur is Keoti, about 33 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 Kurishtikur.

Kurishtikur is about 17 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurishtikur is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 11 km away. Kānker is about 11 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.