About Nurai Village

Nurai is a mid sized village in Barharwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 826, made up of 412 males and 414 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.05 hectares hectares.

Nurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nurai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barharwa
Area (hectares)	90.05 hectares
Population	826
Male Population	412
Female Population	414
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Nurai compares

By the 2011 count Nurai is the 53rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 90.05 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Nurai

Nurai 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 Nurai as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nurai from other places

Nurai lies about 51 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Bonidanga, about 4.2 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 Nurai
Nearest railway station	Bonidanga	4.2 km
Nearest town	Farakka	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barharwa	8.1 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	51 km

Villages closest to Nurai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barharwa 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 826. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Nurai village has 412 males and 414 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nurai has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

Nurai covers 90.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Nurai falls under Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Nurai is Bonidanga, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Nurai.

Nurai is about 51 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nurai is in Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. Bonidanga is about 4.2 km away. Farakka is about 5.0 km away. Barharwa is about 8.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.