About Kurum Village

Kurum is a small village in Simaria tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 104, made up of 54 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurum village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Simaria
Pincode	825103
Area (hectares)	131.19 hectares
Population	104
Male Population	54
Female Population	50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurum compares

By the 2011 count Kurum is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 131.19 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Kurum

Kurum is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kurum as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kurum from other places

Kurum lies about 38 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kansar Nawadah, about 15 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 Kurum
Nearest railway station	Kansar Nawadah	15 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simaria	23 km
District headquarters	Chatra	38 km

Villages closest to Kurum

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurum village had a population of 104. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Kurum village has 54 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurum has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Kurum is 825103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurum covers 131.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurum falls under Simaria tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurum is Kansar Nawadah, about 15 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 village for Kurum.

Kurum is about 38 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurum is in Simaria tehsil of Chatra district. Kansar Nawadah is about 15 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 21 km away. Simaria is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.