About Bara Kurua Village

Bara Kurua is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 18 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Kurua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Kurua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	18 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	18
Female Population	17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bara Kurua compares

By the 2011 count Bara Kurua is the 233rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 18 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Bara Kurua

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

How far is Bara Kurua from other places

Bara Kurua lies about 22 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karamtola, about 21 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 Bara Kurua
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Karamtola	21 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	22 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	22 km

Villages closest to Bara Kurua

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Borio 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 Bara Kurua

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Kurua village had a population of 35. That makes it the 233rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Bara Kurua village has 18 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Kurua has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Bara Kurua is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Kurua covers 18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bara Kurua falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bara Kurua is Karamtola, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bara Kurua.

Bara Kurua is about 22 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Kurua is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 8.2 km away. Karamtola is about 21 km away. Sahibganj is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.