Kuru | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Kuru Location in Jharkhand, India  Kuru Kuru (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°33′16″N 84°49′09″E / 23.5544°N 84.8192°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Lohardaga |
| Government | |
| • Type | Federal democracy |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 6,676 |
| Languages * | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 835213 |
| Telephone/ STD code | 06526 |
| Vehicle registration | JH 08 |
| Literacy | 78.08% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Lohardaga |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Loharadaga |
| Website | lohardaga |
Kuru is a village in the Kuru CD block in the Lohardaga Sadar subdivision of the Lohardaga district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography[edit | edit source]
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Location[edit | edit source]
Kuru is located at 23°33′16″N 84°49′09″E / 23.5544°N 84.8192°E
Area overview[edit | edit source]
The map alongside shows an undulating plateau area with the hilly tract in the west and north-west. Three Bauxite mining centres are marked. It is an overwhelmingly rural district with 87.6% of the population living in the rural areas.[1]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Civic administration[edit | edit source]
Police station[edit | edit source]
There is a police station at Kuru.[2]
CD block HQ[edit | edit source]
The headquarters of Kuru CD block are located at Kuru village.[3]
Demographics[edit | edit source]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Kuru had a total population of 6,676, of which 3,361 (50%) were males and 3,315 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,093. The total number of literate persons in Kuru was 4,359 (78.08% of the population over 6 years).[4]
(*For language details see Kuru block#Language and religion)
Education[edit | edit source]
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2006. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class X. The school has a playground, a library with 700 books and has 5 computers for learning and teaching purposes.[5]
Project Girls High School is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 1982. It has facilities for teaching in classes IX and X. The school has a library with 1,861 books.[6]
Gandhi Memorial High School Maradi is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established at Maradih in 1964. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII. The school has a playground and a library with 1,200 books.[7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "District Census Handbook, Lohardaga, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 9: Physical features, Page 22: Census findings. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ↑ "District Police Profile - Lohardaga". Jharkhand Police. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "District Census Handbook, Lohardaga, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Map of Lohardaga district on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "District Census Handbook, Lohardaga, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 363011, page 74-75. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "KGBV Kuru". Schools.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "Project Girls High School Kuru". Schools.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "Gandhi Memorial High School Maradih". Schools.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.