About Kurni Village

Kurni is one of the larger villages in Hukeri tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,082, made up of 3,107 males and 2,975 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1015.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurni village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Hukeri
Pincode	591305
Area (hectares)	1015.8 hectares
Population	6,082
Male Population	3,107
Female Population	2,975
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurni compares

By the 2011 count Kurni is the 12th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents. Its 1015.8 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Kurni

Kurni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kurni as Available within village. 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 Kurni from other places

Kurni lies about 39 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Parakanahatti, about 17 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 Kurni
Tehsil headquarters	Hukeri	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Parakanahatti	17 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	39 km

Villages closest to Kurni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurni village had a population of 6,082. That makes it the 12th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents.

Kurni village has 3,107 males and 2,975 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurni has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Kurni is 591305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurni covers 1015.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurni falls under Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kurni is Parakanahatti, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kurni.

Kurni is about 39 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurni is in Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district. Hukeri is about 6.7 km away. Parakanahatti is about 17 km away. Belgaum is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.