About Kurkura Village

Kurkura is a mid sized village in Kamdara tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,155, made up of 603 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 492 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurkura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurkura village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Kamdara
Pincode	835201
Area (hectares)	492 hectares
Population	1,155
Male Population	603
Female Population	552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurkura compares

By the 2011 count Kurkura is the 17th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 874 residents. Its 492 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1004.

Getting to Kurkura

Kurkura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kurkura as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kurkura from other places

Kurkura lies about 47 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about under 2 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 Kurkura
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kamdara	12 km
Nearest town	Birmitrapur	47 km
District headquarters	Gumla	47 km

Villages closest to Kurkura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurkura village had a population of 1,155. That makes it the 17th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 874 residents.

Kurkura village has 603 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurkura has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Kurkura is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurkura covers 492 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurkura falls under Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurkura is Kurkura, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kurkura.

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

Kurkura is in Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district. Kurkura is about under 2 km away. Kamdara is about 12 km away. Birmitrapur is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.