About Kursa Village

Kursa is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 835, made up of 409 males and 426 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.8 hectares hectares.

Kursa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kursa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	116.8 hectares
Population	835
Male Population	409
Female Population	426
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kursa compares

By the 2011 count Kursa is the 150th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 116.8 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Kursa

Kursa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kursa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kursa from other places

Kursa lies about 23 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 9.1 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 Kursa
Nearest railway station	Maghar	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	9.4 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	14 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	23 km

Villages closest to Kursa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kursa village had a population of 835. That makes it the 150th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Kursa village has 409 males and 426 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kursa has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Kursa covers 116.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kursa falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kursa is Maghar, about 9.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Kursa is about 23 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kursa is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Maghar is about 9.1 km away. Sahjanwa is about 9.4 km away. Khalīlābād is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.