About Kurunda Village

Kurunda is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 373, made up of 192 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurunda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	78.75 hectares
Population	373
Male Population	192
Female Population	181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
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 Kurunda compares

By the 2011 count Kurunda is the 136th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 78.75 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Kurunda

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

Kurunda lies about 20 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Barmasia, 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 Kurunda
Nearest railway station	Barmasia	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	20 km
District headquarters	Dumka	20 km

Villages closest to Kurunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurunda village had a population of 373. That makes it the 136th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Kurunda village has 192 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurunda has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Kurunda is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurunda covers 78.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurunda falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurunda is Barmasia, 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 10+ km distance for Kurunda.

Kurunda is about 20 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurunda is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Barmasia is about 15 km away. Shikaripara is about 20 km away. Dumka is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.