About Kurawan Village

Kurawan is a mid sized village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 959, made up of 478 males and 481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 222143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurawan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Machhlishahr
Pincode	222143
Area (hectares)	180.95 hectares
Population	959
Male Population	478
Female Population	481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurawan compares

By the 2011 count Kurawan is the 262nd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 180.95 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Kurawan

Kurawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kurawan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kurawan from other places

Kurawan lies about 28 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Mariahu, about 14 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 Kurawan
Tehsil headquarters	Machhlishahr	11 km
Nearest town	Machhlīshahr	11 km
Nearest railway station	Mariahu	14 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	28 km

Villages closest to Kurawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurawan village had a population of 959. That makes it the 262nd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Kurawan village has 478 males and 481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurawan has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1061.

The pincode recorded for Kurawan is 222143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurawan covers 180.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurawan falls under Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kurawan is Mariahu, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kurawan.

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

Kurawan is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Machhlishahr is about 11 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 11 km away. Mariahu is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.