Kuru, Lohardaga

For other uses, see Kuru.

Kuru is a village in the Kuru CD block in the Lohardaga Sadar subdivision of the Lohardaga district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Kuru
Village
Kuru Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Kuru Kuru (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23.5544°N 84.8192°E / 23.5544; 84.8192
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.nic.in

Geography

8km
5miles

K

South Koel
River

B

Pakhar

B

Hisri

B

Bagru

M

Lohardaga

R

Senha

R

Peshrar

R

Kuru

R

Kisko

R

Kairo

R

Bhandra

   

Cities, towns and locations in Lohardaga district in South Chotanagpur Division
M: municipality, R: rural/ urban centre, B: Bauxite mining centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Kuru is located at 23.5544°N 84.8192°E / 23.5544; 84.8192

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]