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About Kuri Village

Kuri is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 195 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,369 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249175, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuri village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249175
Area (hectares) 202.49 hectares
Population 462
Male Population 195
Female Population 267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,369
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kuri compares

By the 2011 count Kuri is the 37th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 202.49 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Kuri

Kuri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kuri as Available within 5 - 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 Kuri from other places

Kuri lies about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 26 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 Kuri
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 13 km
Nearest town Tehri 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 22 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 26 km

Villages closest to Kuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuri village had a population of 462. That makes it the 37th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Kuri village has 195 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuri has about 1369 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Kuri is 249175. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kuri covers 202.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kuri falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kuri is Harrawala, about 26 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 village for Kuri.

Kuri is about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuri is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 13 km away. Tehri is about 13 km away. Narendranagar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gadil May Gahar (1.7 km), Than (5.1 km) and Bidon Gaon (5.7 km).

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

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