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About Kaurikusum Village

Kaurikusum is a small village in Mandro tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 72, made up of 37 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaurikusum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaurikusum village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Mandro
Pincode 816109
Area (hectares) 87 hectares
Population 72
Male Population 37
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
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 Kaurikusum compares

By the 2011 count Kaurikusum is the 129th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 87 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1014.

Getting to Kaurikusum

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

Kaurikusum lies about 16 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karamtola, about 14 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 Kaurikusum
Tehsil headquarters Mandro 4.7 km
Nearest railway station Karamtola 14 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 16 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 16 km

Villages closest to Kaurikusum

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

Common questions about Kaurikusum

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaurikusum village had a population of 72. That makes it the 129th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Kaurikusum village has 37 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaurikusum has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

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

Kaurikusum covers 87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kaurikusum falls under Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kaurikusum is Karamtola, about 14 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 Kaurikusum.

Kaurikusum is about 16 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kaurikusum is in Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district. Mandro is about 4.7 km away. Karamtola is about 14 km away. Sahibganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Doda (under 2 km), Motijhil (under 2 km) and Komodari (under 2 km).

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

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