About Kurma Village

Kurma is a mid sized village in Thakurgangti tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,582, made up of 858 males and 724 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.95 hectares hectares.

Kurma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Thakurgangti
Area (hectares)	66.95 hectares
Population	1,582
Male Population	858
Female Population	724
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Kurma compares

By the 2011 count Kurma is the 16th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 66.95 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Kurma

Kurma 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 Kurma as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kurma from other places

Kurma lies about 39 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, about 8.8 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 Kurma
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	8.8 km
Nearest town	Colgong	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thakurgangti	18 km
District headquarters	Godda	39 km

Villages closest to Kurma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurma village had a population of 1,582. That makes it the 16th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Kurma village has 858 males and 724 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurma has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Kurma covers 66.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kurma falls under Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurma is Ekchari, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Kurma is about 39 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurma is in Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district. Ekchari is about 8.8 km away. Colgong is about 11 km away. Thakurgangti is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.