About Zurkheda Village

Zurkheda is a large village in Dharangaon tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,300, made up of 1,174 males and 1,126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 599.7 hectares hectares.

Zurkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Zurkheda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalgaon
Tehsil	Dharangaon
Area (hectares)	599.7 hectares
Population	2,300
Male Population	1,174
Female Population	1,126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Zurkheda compares

By the 2011 count Zurkheda is the 13th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,569 residents. Its 599.7 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Zurkheda

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

Zurkheda lies about 19 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Chavalkhede, about 6.0 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 Zurkheda
Nearest railway station	Chavalkhede	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharangaon	14 km
District headquarters	Jalgaon	19 km

Villages closest to Zurkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Zurkheda village had a population of 2,300. That makes it the 13th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,569 residents.

Zurkheda village has 1,174 males and 1,126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Zurkheda has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 914.

Zurkheda covers 599.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Zurkheda falls under Dharangaon tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Zurkheda is Chavalkhede, about 6.0 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 10+ km distance for Zurkheda.

Zurkheda is about 19 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Zurkheda is in Dharangaon tehsil of Jalgaon district. Chavalkhede is about 6.0 km away. Dharangaon is about 14 km away. Jalgaon is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.