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About Khurashi Village

Khurashi is a small village in Hemgir tehsil, in the district of Sundargarh, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 84, made up of 42 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 770075, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khurashi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurashi village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Sundargarh
Tehsil Hemgir
Pincode 770075
Area (hectares) 166 hectares
Population 84
Male Population 42
Female Population 42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khurashi compares

By the 2011 count Khurashi is the 99th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 573 residents. Its 166 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Khurashi

Khurashi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khurashi as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khurashi from other places

Khurashi lies about 48 km from Sundargarh, and the nearest railway station is Daghora, about 2.3 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 Khurashi
Nearest railway station Daghora 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Hemgir 10 km
Nearest town Belpahar 20 km
District headquarters Sundargarh 48 km

Villages closest to Khurashi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurashi village had a population of 84. That makes it the 99th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 573 residents.

Khurashi village has 42 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurashi has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Khurashi is 770075. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khurashi covers 166 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khurashi falls under Hemgir tehsil of Sundargarh district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Khurashi is Daghora, about 2.3 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khurashi.

Khurashi is about 48 km from Sundargarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurashi is in Hemgir tehsil of Sundargarh district. Daghora is about 2.3 km away. Hemgir is about 10 km away. Belpahar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Julambahal (under 2 km), Purnna (1.9 km) and Tumbapali (3.2 km).

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

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