About Kurkha Village

Kurkha is a mid sized village in Bharthana tehsil, in the district of Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,145, made up of 636 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 587 hectares hectares.

Kurkha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurkha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Etawah
Tehsil	Bharthana
Area (hectares)	587 hectares
Population	1,145
Male Population	636
Female Population	509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kurkha compares

By the 2011 count Kurkha is the 150th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,009 residents. Its 587 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 865.

Getting to Kurkha

Kurkha 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 Kurkha 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kurkha from other places

Kurkha lies about 28 km from Etawah, and the nearest railway station is Bhartana, about 18 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 Kurkha
Tehsil headquarters	Bharthana	17 km
Nearest railway station	Bhartana	18 km
District headquarters	Etawah	28 km

Villages closest to Kurkha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurkha village had a population of 1,145. That makes it the 150th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,009 residents.

Kurkha village has 636 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurkha has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 865.

Kurkha covers 587 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurkha falls under Bharthana tehsil of Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kurkha is Bhartana, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kurkha.

Kurkha is about 28 km from Etawah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurkha is in Bharthana tehsil of Etawah district. Bharthana is about 17 km away. Bhartana is about 18 km away. Etawah is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.