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About Kurchi Village

Kurchi is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 453, made up of 242 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurchi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Gawan
Pincode 815313
Area (hectares) 61.05 hectares
Population 453
Male Population 242
Female Population 211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kurchi compares

By the 2011 count Kurchi is the 59th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 61.05 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Kurchi

Kurchi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kurchi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kurchi from other places

Kurchi lies about 59 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 19 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 Kurchi
Tehsil headquarters Gawan 3.6 km
Nearest railway station Dhanwar 19 km
Nearest town Kodarma 37 km
District headquarters Giridih 59 km

Villages closest to Kurchi

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

Common questions about Kurchi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurchi village had a population of 453. That makes it the 59th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Kurchi village has 242 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurchi has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Kurchi is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurchi covers 61.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kurchi falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurchi is Dhanwar, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Kurchi is about 59 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurchi is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 3.6 km away. Dhanwar is about 19 km away. Kodarma is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Semrapatal (under 2 km), Cherwa (under 2 km) and Sarua (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kurchi today is likely to be higher.

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