# Kurana Village, Narharpur, Uttar Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Narharpur, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Kurana

Kurana is a village in Narharpur sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494333**. The 2011 Census counted **1,364 people in 337 households**, the 20th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,364people (2011)
- 337households
- 76.5%literacy
- 494333PIN code

## Kurana PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kurana is 494333.** Kurana falls in Narharpur sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494333
- Gram panchayatKurana
- Community development blockSarana
- Census village code447930

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kurana from nearby towns?

- Narharpur (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)17 km by road
- Kanker (nearest town)12 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kurana?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kurana; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Shahwada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kanker
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kanker
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kurana known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include bidi, broom and earthen pots. About 69% of the 442 hectares of village land is sown, and 101 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kurana

Of every 100 households in Kurana in 2011, 86 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurana · ■ Narharpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**77%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****63%**

**57%

Television ****23%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**19%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kurana?

■ Kurana · ■ Narharpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**1048

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****731**

**962

Working population ****53.9%**

**57.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 66.3% for women. 60% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 280 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (34%) · **■** Other work 66 (9%) · **■** Marginal 139 (19%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Narharpur

- Deogaon1,450 people
- Markatola1,393 people
- Deoribalaji1,392 people
- Kuralthemli1,367 people
- Mawalipara1,350 people
- Chawad1,334 people
- Umaradah1,334 people
- Kanhanpuri1,322 people

[All 118 villages in Narharpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/narharpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kurana?494333
- How far is Kurana from Kanker?17 km by road
- What is the population of Kurana?1,364 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurana in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Narharpur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kurana?76.5% (Census 2011)
