About Nurai Village

Nurai is a small village in Udhwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 161 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nurai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Udhwa
Pincode	816108
Area (hectares)	110 hectares
Population	328
Male Population	161
Female Population	167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Nurai compares

By the 2011 count Nurai is the 53rd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,278 residents. Its 110 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Nurai

Nurai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Nurai 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nurai from other places

Nurai lies about 39 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Bakudi, about 6.3 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
Tehsil headquarters	Udhwa	3.0 km
Nearest railway station	Bakudi	6.3 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	12 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	39 km

Villages closest to Nurai

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Nurai

As per the Census of India 2011, Nurai village had a population of 328. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,278 residents.

Nurai village has 161 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nurai has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Nurai is 816108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nurai covers 110 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nurai falls under Udhwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Nurai is Bakudi, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Nurai.

Nurai is about 39 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 Udhwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. Udhwa is about 3.0 km away. Bakudi is about 6.3 km away. Rājmahal is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.