About Nurai Village

Nurai is a mid sized village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,093, made up of 526 males and 567 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nurai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	816106
Area (hectares)	189 hectares
Population	1,093
Male Population	526
Female Population	567
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Nurai compares

By the 2011 count Nurai is the 45th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 189 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Nurai

Nurai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Nurai as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nurai from other places

Nurai lies about 19 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Banshlai Bridge, about 4.9 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 Nurai
Nearest railway station	Banshlai Bridge	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	5.3 km
District headquarters	Pakur	19 km

Villages closest to Nurai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nurai village had a population of 1,093. That makes it the 45th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Nurai village has 526 males and 567 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nurai has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Nurai is 816106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nurai covers 189 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nurai falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Nurai is Banshlai Bridge, about 4.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Nurai.

Nurai is about 19 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nurai is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Banshlai Bridge is about 4.9 km away. Maheshpur is about 5.3 km away. Pakur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.