About Kuri Village

Kuri is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 79, made up of 42 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176032, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Kuri compares

By the 2011 count Kuri is the 156th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 25.74 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Kuri

Kuri is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Kuri as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Kuri from other places

Kuri lies about 22 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 17 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.

Villages closest to Kuri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khundian tehsil.

• Ghar Behr under 2 km
• Bar Kalan under 2 km
• Bar Khurd under 2 km
• Toru under 2 km
• Jakh Lahr under 2 km
• Tulli under 2 km

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.