About Kurun Village

Kurun is a mid sized village in Bhandaria tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,348, made up of 711 males and 637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1360 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurun village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Bhandaria
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	1360 hectares
Population	1,348
Male Population	711
Female Population	637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
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 Kurun compares

By the 2011 count Kurun is the 16th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 887 residents. Its 1360 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Kurun

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

Kurun lies about 47 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 13 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 Kurun
Nearest railway station	Barwadih Junction	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhandaria	19 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	30 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	47 km

Villages closest to Kurun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurun village had a population of 1,348. That makes it the 16th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 887 residents.

Kurun village has 711 males and 637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurun has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Kurun is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurun covers 1360 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurun falls under Bhandaria tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurun is Barwadih Junction, about 13 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 Kurun.

Kurun is about 47 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurun is in Bhandaria tehsil of Garhwa district. Barwadih Junction is about 13 km away. Bhandaria is about 19 km away. Medininagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.