About Kurki Village

Kurki is a small village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 490, made up of 265 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurki village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	306 hectares
Population	490
Male Population	265
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurki compares

By the 2011 count Kurki is the 63rd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 306 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 996.

Getting to Kurki

Kurki is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kurki as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kurki from other places

Kurki lies about 14 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 25 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 Kurki
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	3.0 km
District headquarters	Khunti	14 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	25 km

Villages closest to Kurki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurki village had a population of 490. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Kurki village has 265 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurki has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

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

Kurki covers 306 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.

Kurki falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurki is Karra, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kurki.

Kurki is about 14 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurki is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 3.0 km away. Khunti is about 14 km away. Karra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.