About Bhurkunda Village

Bhurkunda is a small village in Dadi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 446, made up of 221 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhurkunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhurkunda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Dadi
Pincode	825330
Area (hectares)	115 hectares
Population	446
Male Population	221
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
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 Bhurkunda compares

By the 2011 count Bhurkunda is the 21st largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents. Its 115 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Bhurkunda

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

Bhurkunda lies about 28 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Kuju, about 8.0 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 Bhurkunda
Nearest railway station	Kuju	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dadi	28 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	28 km

Villages closest to Bhurkunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhurkunda village had a population of 446. That makes it the 21st largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents.

Bhurkunda village has 221 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhurkunda has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Bhurkunda is 825330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhurkunda covers 115 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhurkunda falls under Dadi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhurkunda is Kuju, about 8.0 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 Bhurkunda.

Bhurkunda is about 28 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhurkunda is in Dadi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Kuju is about 8.0 km away. Dadi is about 28 km away. Hazaribagh is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.