About Kurid Village

Kurid is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 195, made up of 88 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,216 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurid Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurid village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Karra
Pincode	835234
Area (hectares)	103 hectares
Population	195
Male Population	88
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,216
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kurid compares

By the 2011 count Kurid is the 158th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Kurid

Kurid is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kurid 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kurid from other places

Kurid lies about 23 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 1.6 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 Kurid
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karra	12 km
District headquarters	Khunti	23 km

Villages closest to Kurid

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurid village had a population of 195. That makes it the 158th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Kurid village has 88 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurid has about 1216 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Kurid is 835234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurid covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurid falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurid is Govindpur Road, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kurid.

Kurid is about 23 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurid is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Govindpur Road is about 1.6 km away. Karra is about 12 km away. Khunti is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.