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About Kuriman Purwa Village

Kuriman Purwa is a small village in Gaurihar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 395, made up of 209 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 571.59 hectares hectares.

Kuriman Purwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuriman Purwa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Gaurihar
Area (hectares) 571.59 hectares
Population 395
Male Population 209
Female Population 186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
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 Kuriman Purwa compares

By the 2011 count Kuriman Purwa is the 111th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 571.59 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Kuriman Purwa

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

Kuriman Purwa lies about 81 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khurhand, about 23 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 Kuriman Purwa
Tehsil headquarters Gaurihar 14 km
Nearest railway station Khurhand 23 km
Nearest town Atarra 27 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 81 km

Villages closest to Kuriman Purwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gaurihar 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 Kuriman Purwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuriman Purwa village had a population of 395. That makes it the 111th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Kuriman Purwa village has 209 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuriman Purwa has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

Kuriman Purwa covers 571.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kuriman Purwa falls under Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kuriman Purwa is Khurhand, about 23 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 Kuriman Purwa.

Kuriman Purwa is about 81 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuriman Purwa is in Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Gaurihar is about 14 km away. Khurhand is about 23 km away. Atarra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Misran Purwa (under 2 km), Hajipur (1.9 km) and Chak Ramjhala (3.8 km).

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

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