About Bhurkunda Village

Bhurkunda is a small village in Itkhori tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 200, made up of 96 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhurkunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhurkunda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Itkhori
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	317.65 hectares
Population	200
Male Population	96
Female Population	104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhurkunda compares

By the 2011 count Bhurkunda is the 85th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 558 residents. Its 317.65 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Bhurkunda

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

Bhurkunda lies about 25 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 16 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 Bhurkunda
Tehsil headquarters	Itkhori	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	16 km
District headquarters	Chatra	25 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	25 km

Villages closest to Bhurkunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhurkunda village had a population of 200. That makes it the 85th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 558 residents.

Bhurkunda village has 96 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhurkunda has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

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

Bhurkunda covers 317.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhurkunda falls under Itkhori tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhurkunda is Kathautia, about 16 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 village for Bhurkunda.

Bhurkunda is about 25 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhurkunda is in Itkhori tehsil of Chatra district. Itkhori is about 5.8 km away. Kathautia is about 16 km away. Chatra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.