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About Kurani Village

Kurani is a small village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 15 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.45 hectares hectares.

Kurani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurani village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 64.45 hectares
Population 28
Male Population 15
Female Population 13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Kurani compares

By the 2011 count Kurani is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 64.45 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Kurani

Kurani is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kurani as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kurani from other places

Kurani lies about 25 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Saiyedpur Bhitri, about 6.8 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 Kurani
Nearest town Saidpur 6.5 km
Nearest railway station Saiyedpur Bhitri 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakaldiha 15 km
District headquarters Chandauli 25 km

Villages closest to Kurani

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 Kurani

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurani village had a population of 28. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Kurani village has 15 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurani has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Kurani covers 64.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kurani is Saiyedpur Bhitri, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Kurani.

Kurani is about 25 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurani is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Saidpur is about 6.5 km away. Saiyedpur Bhitri is about 6.8 km away. Sakaldiha is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kura (under 2 km), Baman Chakawa (under 2 km) and Mukundpur (1.6 km).

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

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