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About Khursuta Village

Khursuta is a small village in Raidih tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 437, made up of 231 males and 206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 394.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khursuta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khursuta village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Gumla
Tehsil Raidih
Pincode 835230
Area (hectares) 394.7 hectares
Population 437
Male Population 231
Female Population 206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khursuta compares

By the 2011 count Khursuta is the 54th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents. Its 394.7 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 995.

Getting to Khursuta

Khursuta is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khursuta as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khursuta from other places

Khursuta lies about 24 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 59 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 Khursuta
Tehsil headquarters Raidih 17 km
District headquarters Gumla 24 km
Nearest town Gumlā 24 km
Nearest railway station Lohardaga 59 km

Villages closest to Khursuta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khursuta village had a population of 437. That makes it the 54th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents.

Khursuta village has 231 males and 206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khursuta has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Khursuta is 835230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khursuta covers 394.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khursuta falls under Raidih tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khursuta is Lohardaga, about 59 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khursuta.

Khursuta is about 24 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khursuta is in Raidih tehsil of Gumla district. Raidih is about 17 km away. Gumla is about 24 km away. Gumlā is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kasir (3.0 km), Simartoli (3.4 km) and Kanchora (3.4 km).

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

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