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About Korang Village

Korang is a large village in Arsha tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,191, made up of 1,112 males and 1,079 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 406.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korang village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Arsha
Pincode 723153
Area (hectares) 406.71 hectares
Population 2,191
Male Population 1,112
Female Population 1,079
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 970
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Korang compares

By the 2011 count Korang is the 25th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,629 residents. Its 406.71 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Korang

Korang is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Korang as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korang from other places

Korang lies about 40 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Suisa, about 8.5 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 Korang
Nearest railway station Suisa 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Arsha 22 km
Nearest town Balarāmpur 29 km
District headquarters Puruliya 40 km

Villages closest to Korang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korang village had a population of 2,191. That makes it the 25th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,629 residents.

Korang village has 1,112 males and 1,079 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korang has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Korang is 723153. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korang covers 406.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korang falls under Arsha tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Korang is Suisa, about 8.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Korang.

Korang is about 40 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korang is in Arsha tehsil of Puruliya district. Suisa is about 8.5 km away. Arsha is about 22 km away. Balarāmpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parsiya (3.3 km), Puranaburudih (5.4 km) and Bandudih (5.7 km).

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

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