About Kurkutiya Village

Kurkutiya is a mid sized village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 534, made up of 261 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurkutiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurkutiya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Goilkera
Pincode	833103
Area (hectares)	321 hectares
Population	534
Male Population	261
Female Population	273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
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 Kurkutiya compares

By the 2011 count Kurkutiya is the 55th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 321 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Kurkutiya

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

Kurkutiya lies about 24 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Goilkera, about 8.2 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 Kurkutiya
Nearest railway station	Goilkera	8.2 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	24 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	31 km

Villages closest to Kurkutiya

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Kurkutiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurkutiya village had a population of 534. That makes it the 55th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Kurkutiya village has 261 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurkutiya has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Kurkutiya is 833103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurkutiya covers 321 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurkutiya falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurkutiya is Goilkera, about 8.2 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 Kurkutiya.

Kurkutiya is about 24 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurkutiya is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Goilkera is about 8.2 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 24 km away. Chakradharpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.