About Kurni Village

Kurni is a mid sized village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 994, made up of 507 males and 487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 430.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 410507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurni village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Chandgad
Pincode	410507
Area (hectares)	430.65 hectares
Population	994
Male Population	507
Female Population	487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurni compares

By the 2011 count Kurni is the 71st largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 430.65 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1037.

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 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 78 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 42 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	Chandgad	6.8 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	33 km
Nearest railway station	Belagavi	42 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	78 km

Villages closest to Kurni

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chandgad 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 994. That makes it the 71st largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Kurni village has 507 males and 487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurni has about 961 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 1037.

The pincode recorded for Kurni is 410507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurni covers 430.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurni falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kurni is Belagavi, about 42 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 Kurni.

Kurni is about 78 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurni is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 6.8 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 33 km away. Belagavi is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.