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About Kurra Village

Kurra is a small village in Madhogarh tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 436, made up of 245 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 780 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245.53 hectares hectares.

Kurra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Madhogarh
Area (hectares) 245.53 hectares
Population 436
Male Population 245
Female Population 191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 780
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurra compares

By the 2011 count Kurra is the 186th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,359 residents. Its 245.53 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 867.

Getting to Kurra

Kurra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kurra as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kurra from other places

Kurra lies about 25 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Konch, about 20 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 Kurra
Nearest town Lahār 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Madhogarh 16 km
Nearest railway station Konch 20 km
District headquarters Jalaun 25 km

Villages closest to Kurra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurra village had a population of 436. That makes it the 186th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,359 residents.

Kurra village has 245 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurra has about 780 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 867.

Kurra covers 245.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurra falls under Madhogarh tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kurra is Konch, about 20 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kurra.

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

Kurra is in Madhogarh tehsil of Jalaun district. Lahār is about 15 km away. Madhogarh is about 16 km away. Konch 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 Chhiriya Khurd (1.5 km), Kusmara (1.8 km) and Rendhar (1.9 km).

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

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