About Kuri Village

Kuri is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,010, made up of 520 males and 490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1074.03 hectares hectares.

Kuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Area (hectares)	1074.03 hectares
Population	1,010
Male Population	520
Female Population	490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
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 Kuri compares

By the 2011 count Kuri is the 23rd largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 1074.03 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Kuri

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

Kuri lies about 29 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 29 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 Kuri
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	29 km
District headquarters	Khunti	29 km

Villages closest to Kuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuri village had a population of 1,010. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Kuri village has 520 males and 490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuri has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Kuri covers 1074.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kuri falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kuri is Chakradharpur, about 29 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 Kuri.

Kuri is about 29 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuri is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Chakradharpur is about 29 km away. Erki is about 29 km away. Khunti is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.