About Chandan Kurwa Village

Chandan Kurwa is a mid sized village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 520, made up of 260 males and 260 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandan Kurwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandan Kurwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dumri
Pincode	815306
Area (hectares)	230.17 hectares
Population	520
Male Population	260
Female Population	260
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Chandan Kurwa compares

By the 2011 count Chandan Kurwa is the 106th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 230.17 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Chandan Kurwa

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

Chandan Kurwa lies about 45 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Parasnath, about 10 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 Chandan Kurwa
Tehsil headquarters	Dumri	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Parasnath	10 km
Nearest town	Kāro	16 km
District headquarters	Giridih	45 km

Villages closest to Chandan Kurwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumri 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 Chandan Kurwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandan Kurwa village had a population of 520. That makes it the 106th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Chandan Kurwa village has 260 males and 260 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandan Kurwa has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Chandan Kurwa is 815306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandan Kurwa covers 230.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandan Kurwa falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chandan Kurwa is Parasnath, about 10 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 Chandan Kurwa.

Chandan Kurwa is about 45 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandan Kurwa is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. Dumri is about 8.8 km away. Parasnath is about 10 km away. Kāro is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.