About Kurkuta Village

Kurkuta is a small village in Gidhaur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 113 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurkuta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurkuta village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Gidhaur
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	174 hectares
Population	224
Male Population	113
Female Population	111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurkuta compares

By the 2011 count Kurkuta is the 30th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents. Its 174 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Kurkuta

Kurkuta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kurkuta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kurkuta from other places

Kurkuta lies about 14 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 22 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 Kurkuta
Tehsil headquarters	Gidhaur	4.8 km
District headquarters	Chatra	14 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	14 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	22 km

Villages closest to Kurkuta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurkuta village had a population of 224. That makes it the 30th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents.

Kurkuta village has 113 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurkuta has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Kurkuta is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurkuta covers 174 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurkuta falls under Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurkuta is Katkamsandi, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kurkuta.

Kurkuta is about 14 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurkuta is in Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district. Gidhaur is about 4.8 km away. Chatra is about 14 km away. Chatrā is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.