About Khurul Village

Khurul is a large village in Bhatar tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,797, made up of 1,428 males and 1,369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 697.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khurul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurul village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Barddhaman
Tehsil	Bhatar
Pincode	713127
Area (hectares)	697.75 hectares
Population	2,797
Male Population	1,428
Female Population	1,369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khurul compares

By the 2011 count Khurul is the 28th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,529 residents. Its 697.75 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Khurul

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

Khurul lies about 15 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Karjanagram, about 7.1 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 Khurul
Nearest railway station	Karjanagram	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhatar	8.3 km
District headquarters	Barddhaman	15 km
Nearest town	Barddhamān	15 km

Villages closest to Khurul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurul village had a population of 2,797. That makes it the 28th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,529 residents.

Khurul village has 1,428 males and 1,369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurul has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Khurul is 713127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khurul covers 697.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khurul falls under Bhatar tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khurul is Karjanagram, about 7.1 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 Khurul.

Khurul is about 15 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurul is in Bhatar tehsil of Barddhaman district. Karjanagram is about 7.1 km away. Bhatar is about 8.3 km away. Barddhaman is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.