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About Kural Village

Kural is a large village in Padra tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,659, made up of 1,416 males and 1,243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 561.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 391430, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kural Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kural village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Vadodara
Tehsil Padra
Pincode 391430
Area (hectares) 561.66 hectares
Population 2,659
Male Population 1,416
Female Population 1,243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kural compares

By the 2011 count Kural is the 31st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,674 residents. Its 561.66 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Kural

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

Kural lies about 34 km from Vadodara, and the nearest railway station is Kural, about 1.6 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 Kural
Nearest railway station Kural 1.6 km
Nearest town Jambusar 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Padra 20 km
District headquarters Vadodara 34 km

Villages closest to Kural

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kural village had a population of 2,659. That makes it the 31st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,674 residents.

Kural village has 1,416 males and 1,243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kural has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Kural is 391430. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kural covers 561.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kural falls under Padra tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Kural is Kural, about 1.6 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kural.

Kural is about 34 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kural is in Padra tehsil of Vadodara district. Kural is about 1.6 km away. Jambusar is about 16 km away. Padra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Masar (2.3 km), Muval (5.7 km) and Vanchhara (8.3 km).

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

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