# Kurun Village, Bhandaria, Garhwa (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Bhandaria, Garhwa 

# Kurun

Kurun is a village in Bhandaria sub-district of Garhwa district, Jharkhand, PIN code **822125**. The 2011 Census counted **1,348 people in 257 households**, the 17th largest of 75 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.2%.

- 1,348people (2011)
- 257households
- 45.4%literacy
- 822125PIN code

## Kurun PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kurun is 822125.** Kurun falls in Bhandaria sub-district, Garhwa district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code822125
- Community development blockBhandaria
- Census village code347978

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

## How far is Kurun from nearby towns?

- Garhwa (district HQ)95 km by road
- Medininagar (nearest town)22 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 Kurun?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Kurun; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bhandaria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Garhwa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Garhwa
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

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 Kurun known for?

The main crops are **rice**. Products made here include lah and illipt. About 18% of the 1,360 hectares of village land is sown, and 7 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 Kurun

Of every 100 households in Kurun in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurun · ■ Bhandaria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**100%

Use banking services ****36%**

**38%

Television ****0%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****64%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Kurun?

■ Kurun · ■ Bhandaria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.4%**

**58.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**960

Working population ****34.1%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.7% for men and 30.3% for women. 42% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 30 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (7%) · **■** Other work 11 (2%) · **■** Marginal 388 (85%)

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 Bhandaria

- Tenhri1,491 people
- Paraswar1,405 people
- Khajuri1,404 people
- Barkol Khurd1,366 people
- Khajuri1,298 people
- Ugra1,287 people
- Nauka1,282 people
- Jamauti1,221 people

[All 78 villages in Bhandaria](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/garhwa/bhandaria/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kurun?822125
- How far is Kurun from Garhwa?95 km by road
- What is the population of Kurun?1,348 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurun in?Garhwa district (Bhandaria sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kurun?45.4% (Census 2011)