About Kuri Village

Kuri is a mid sized village in Saraikela tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 530, made up of 259 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Saraikela
Pincode	833220
Area (hectares)	136.57 hectares
Population	530
Male Population	259
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
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 Kuri compares

By the 2011 count Kuri is the 49th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 435 residents. Its 136.57 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Kuri

Kuri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kuri 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 Kuri from other places

Kuri lies about 36 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Chaibasa, about 8.3 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 Kuri
Nearest railway station	Chaibasa	8.3 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraikela	21 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	36 km

Villages closest to Kuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuri village had a population of 530. That makes it the 49th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 435 residents.

Kuri village has 259 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuri has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Kuri is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kuri covers 136.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kuri falls under Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kuri is Chaibasa, about 8.3 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 Kuri.

Kuri is about 36 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuri is in Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Chaibasa is about 8.3 km away. Chāībāsa is about 8.7 km away. Saraikela is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.