Kuru, Lohardaga Explained

Kuru
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Jharkhand#India3
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates:23.5544°N 84.8192°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:6676
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages *
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:835213
Area Code:06526
Registration Plate:JH 08
Blank1 Name Sec1:Literacy
Blank1 Info Sec1:78.08%
Blank2 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank3 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency

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

Location

Kuru is located at 23.5544°N 84.8192°W

Area overview

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

Police station

There is a police station at Kuru.[2]

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Kuru CD block are located at Kuru village.[3]

Demographics

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: District Census Handbook, Lohardaga, Series 21, Part XII A. Page 9: Physical features, Page 22: Census findings . Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand . 23 October 2021.
  2. Web site: District Police Profile - Lohardaga. Jharkhand Police. 22 October 2021. 25 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211025193818/https://www.jhpolice.gov.in/lohardaga. dead.
  3. Web site: District Census Handbook, Lohardaga, Series 21, Part XII A. Map of Lohardaga district on the third page . Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand . 22 October 2021.
  4. Web site: District Census Handbook, Lohardaga, Series 21, Part XII B. Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 363011, page 74-75. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand . 22 October 2021.
  5. Web site: KGBV Kuru . Schools.org . 22 October 2021.
  6. Web site: Project Girls High School Kuru . Schools.org . 22 October 2021.
  7. Web site: Gandhi Memorial High School Maradih . Schools.org . 22 October 2021.

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