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About Kurahna Village

Kurahna is a mid sized village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,010, made up of 533 males and 477 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.48 hectares hectares.

Kurahna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurahna village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 131.48 hectares
Population 1,010
Male Population 533
Female Population 477
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kurahna compares

By the 2011 count Kurahna is the 240th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 131.48 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Kurahna

Kurahna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kurahna as Available within 5 - 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 Kurahna from other places

Kurahna lies about 16 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Kuchman Railway Station, about 7.5 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 Kurahna
Nearest railway station Kuchman Railway Station 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakaldiha 9.4 km
Nearest town Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar 11 km
District headquarters Chandauli 16 km

Villages closest to Kurahna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurahna village had a population of 1,010. That makes it the 240th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Kurahna village has 533 males and 477 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurahna has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Kurahna covers 131.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kurahna falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kurahna is Kuchman Railway Station, about 7.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kurahna.

Kurahna is about 16 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurahna is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Kuchman Railway Station is about 7.5 km away. Sakaldiha is about 9.4 km away. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gobardhanpur (under 2 km), Mahra (under 2 km) and Kawar (1.6 km).

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

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