About Kurma Village

Kurma is a small village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 119 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	50.55 hectares
Population	226
Male Population	119
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurma compares

By the 2011 count Kurma is the 195th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 50.55 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 954.

Getting to Kurma

Kurma is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kurma as Available within 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Kordiha, Kotha Pakar, Kumarchak and Kunji. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Kurma

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurma village had a population of 226. That makes it the 195th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Kurma village has 119 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurma has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Kurma is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurma covers 50.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurma falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Kurma notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kurma.

Kurma is in Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.