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About Kurla Village

Kurla is a small village in Nainpur tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 325, made up of 153 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,124 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.5 hectares hectares.

Kurla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurla village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Nainpur
Area (hectares) 261.5 hectares
Population 325
Male Population 153
Female Population 172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,124
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 Kurla compares

By the 2011 count Kurla is the 123rd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 834 residents. Its 261.5 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Kurla

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

Kurla lies about 24 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Pindrai, about 12 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 Kurla
Nearest railway station Pindrai 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Nainpur 16 km
District headquarters Mandla 24 km

Villages closest to Kurla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurla village had a population of 325. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 834 residents.

Kurla village has 153 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurla has about 1124 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

Kurla covers 261.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurla falls under Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kurla is Pindrai, about 12 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 Kurla.

Kurla is about 24 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurla is in Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district. Pindrai is about 12 km away. Nainpur is about 16 km away. Mandla is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pindrai Padariya (1.5 km), Chargaon (1.9 km) and Barbaspur (2.2 km).

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

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