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About Kurgaon Village

Kurgaon is a mid sized village in Tilhar tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,299, made up of 718 males and 581 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 809 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242.67 hectares hectares.

Kurgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurgaon village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Tilhar
Area (hectares) 242.67 hectares
Population 1,299
Male Population 718
Female Population 581
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 809
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurgaon compares

By the 2011 count Kurgaon is the 160th largest of the 541 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents. Its 242.67 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 855.

Getting to Kurgaon

Kurgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kurgaon as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kurgaon from other places

Kurgaon lies about 35 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Zindpura, 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 Kurgaon
Nearest railway station Zindpura 9.1 km
Nearest town Bīsalpur 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Tilhar 23 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 35 km

Villages closest to Kurgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurgaon village had a population of 1,299. That makes it the 160th largest of the 541 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents.

Kurgaon village has 718 males and 581 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurgaon has about 809 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 855.

Kurgaon covers 242.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurgaon falls under Tilhar tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kurgaon is Zindpura, 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 village for Kurgaon.

Kurgaon is about 35 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurgaon is in Tilhar tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Zindpura is about 9.1 km away. Bīsalpur is about 14 km away. Tilhar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uttampur (under 2 km), Dalpatpur (under 2 km) and Gaili (under 2 km).

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

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