About Kurunga Village

Kurunga is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,007, made up of 511 males and 496 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 624 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurunga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurunga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	624 hectares
Population	1,007
Male Population	511
Female Population	496
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurunga compares

By the 2011 count Kurunga is the 25th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 624 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Kurunga

Kurunga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kurunga as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kurunga from other places

Kurunga lies about 33 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 24 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 Kurunga
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	33 km
District headquarters	Khunti	33 km

Villages closest to Kurunga

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 Kurunga

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurunga village had a population of 1,007. That makes it the 25th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Kurunga village has 511 males and 496 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurunga has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Kurunga is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurunga covers 624 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurunga falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurunga is Chakradharpur, about 24 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 village for Kurunga.

Kurunga is about 33 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurunga is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Chakradharpur is about 24 km away. Erki is about 33 km away. Khunti is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.