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About Kurai Village

Kurai is a mid sized village in Karjan tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,473, made up of 810 males and 663 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 819.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 391240, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurai village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Vadodara
Tehsil Karjan
Pincode 391240
Area (hectares) 819.76 hectares
Population 1,473
Male Population 810
Female Population 663
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 819
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kurai compares

By the 2011 count Kurai is the 32nd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,475 residents. Its 819.76 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Kurai

Kurai 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 Kurai as Available within village. 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 Kurai from other places

Kurai lies about 27 km from Vadodara, and the nearest railway station is Ganpatpura, about under 2 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 Kurai
Nearest railway station Ganpatpura under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Karjan 7.8 km
District headquarters Vadodara 27 km

Villages closest to Kurai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurai village had a population of 1,473. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,475 residents.

Kurai village has 810 males and 663 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurai has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Kurai is 391240. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurai covers 819.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurai falls under Karjan tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Kurai is Ganpatpura, about under 2 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 within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kurai.

Kurai is about 27 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurai is in Karjan tehsil of Vadodara district. Ganpatpura is about under 2 km away. Karjan is about 7.8 km away. Vadodara is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kurali (under 2 km), Ganpatpura (under 2 km) and Pura (3.0 km).

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

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