About Kurua Village

Kurua is a small village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 249 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Masalia
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	114.22 hectares
Population	470
Male Population	249
Female Population	221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
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 Kurua compares

By the 2011 count Kurua is the 89th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 114.22 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 987.

Getting to Kurua

Kurua is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kurua 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 Kurua from other places

Kurua lies about 30 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Jamtara, about 27 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 Kurua
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	27 km
Nearest railway station	Jamtara	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masalia	30 km
District headquarters	Dumka	30 km

Villages closest to Kurua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurua village had a population of 470. That makes it the 89th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Kurua village has 249 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurua has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Kurua is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurua covers 114.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurua falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurua is Jamtara, about 27 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 Kurua.

Kurua is about 30 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurua is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. Jāmtāra is about 27 km away. Jamtara is about 27 km away. Masalia is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.