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About Kuriyan Village

Kuriyan is a small village in Gurbandha tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 357, made up of 178 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270 hectares hectares.

Kuriyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuriyan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Gurbandha
Area (hectares) 270 hectares
Population 357
Male Population 178
Female Population 179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Kuriyan compares

By the 2011 count Kuriyan is the 40th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 517 residents. Its 270 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Kuriyan

Kuriyan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kuriyan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Khejurdari, Koima, Koreyamuhan Pal and Kukrajujha. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Kuriyan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuriyan village had a population of 357. That makes it the 40th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 517 residents.

Kuriyan village has 178 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuriyan has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Kuriyan covers 270 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kuriyan falls under Gurbandha tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Kuriyan notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kuriyan.

Kuriyan is in Gurbandha tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kuriyan today is likely to be higher.

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