About Kurknalo Village

Kurknalo is a mid sized village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,711, made up of 853 males and 858 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 997.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurknalo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurknalo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Gumia
Pincode	825315
Area (hectares)	997.23 hectares
Population	1,711
Male Population	853
Female Population	858
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurknalo compares

By the 2011 count Kurknalo is the 27th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 997.23 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Kurknalo

Kurknalo is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kurknalo as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kurknalo from other places

Kurknalo lies about 46 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, about 7.8 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 Kurknalo
Nearest railway station	Dumri Bihar	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gumia	11 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	46 km

Villages closest to Kurknalo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurknalo village had a population of 1,711. That makes it the 27th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Kurknalo village has 853 males and 858 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurknalo has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Kurknalo is 825315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurknalo covers 997.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurknalo falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurknalo is Dumri Bihar, about 7.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kurknalo.

Kurknalo is about 46 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurknalo is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Dumri Bihar is about 7.8 km away. Gumia is about 11 km away. Bokaro is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.