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About Kurela Village

Kurela is a mid sized village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,298, made up of 681 males and 617 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 672.48 hectares hectares.

Kurela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurela village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Rajnagar
Area (hectares) 672.48 hectares
Population 1,298
Male Population 681
Female Population 617
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurela compares

By the 2011 count Kurela is the 67th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents. Its 672.48 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Kurela

Kurela is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kurela as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kurela from other places

Kurela lies about 44 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rajnagar K, about 16 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 Kurela
Tehsil headquarters Rajnagar 14 km
Nearest town Khajuraho Group of Monuments 16 km
Nearest railway station Rajnagar K 16 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 44 km

Villages closest to Kurela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurela village had a population of 1,298. That makes it the 67th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents.

Kurela village has 681 males and 617 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurela has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 887.

Kurela covers 672.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurela falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kurela is Rajnagar K, about 16 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 village for Kurela.

Kurela is about 44 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurela is in Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Rajnagar is about 14 km away. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 16 km away. Rajnagar K 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 Ghunchoo (under 2 km), Paniyar (2.8 km) and Pratappura (2.9 km).

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

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