About Bhurkunda Village

Bhurkunda is a small village in Mandro tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 323, made up of 171 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhurkunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhurkunda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Mandro
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	123 hectares
Population	323
Male Population	171
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
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 Bhurkunda compares

By the 2011 count Bhurkunda is the 65th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 123 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Bhurkunda

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

Bhurkunda lies about 15 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karamtola, about 12 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 Bhurkunda
Tehsil headquarters	Mandro	2.8 km
Nearest railway station	Karamtola	12 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	15 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	15 km

Villages closest to Bhurkunda

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.

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Common questions about Bhurkunda

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhurkunda village had a population of 323. That makes it the 65th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Bhurkunda village has 171 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhurkunda has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

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

Bhurkunda covers 123 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhurkunda falls under Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhurkunda is Karamtola, about 12 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 Bhurkunda.

Bhurkunda is about 15 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhurkunda is in Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district. Mandro is about 2.8 km away. Karamtola is about 12 km away. Sahibganj is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.