About Kurala Village

Kurala is a mid sized village in Malegaon tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,237, made up of 662 males and 575 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 500 hectares hectares.

Kurala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurala village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Malegaon
Area (hectares)	500 hectares
Population	1,237
Male Population	662
Female Population	575
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kurala compares

By the 2011 count Kurala is the 47th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents. Its 500 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Kurala

Kurala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kurala as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kurala from other places

Kurala lies about 24 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Jaulka, about 6.4 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 Kurala
Tehsil headquarters	Malegaon	6.1 km
Nearest railway station	Jaulka	6.4 km
Nearest town	Pātūr	20 km
District headquarters	Washim	24 km

Villages closest to Kurala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurala village had a population of 1,237. That makes it the 47th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents.

Kurala village has 662 males and 575 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurala has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Kurala covers 500 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurala falls under Malegaon tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kurala is Jaulka, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kurala.

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

Kurala is in Malegaon tehsil of Washim district. Malegaon is about 6.1 km away. Jaulka is about 6.4 km away. Pātūr is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.