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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Nurai is a village in Maheshpur mandal, Pakur district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,093 and 246 households. The literacy rate is 49.8%. The village is located at 24.944°N, 87.840°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BEULA MAAL PAHADIYA
Contact: 74****3546
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- LGD code
- 360778
- Pincode
- 816106
- Post office
- Maheshpur Raj
- Population
- 1,093
- Households
- 246
- Literacy rate
- 49.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1078 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 359
- Distance to district centre
- 75 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 98 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 312 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 269 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bakudi · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Udhwa Nursing Home · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Nurai compares
By population, Nurai ranks #46 of 345 villages in Maheshpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.8%
+6.9% vs mandal average
Nurai49.8%
Maheshpur mandal42.9%
Pakur district39.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,078
+89 vs mandal average
Nurai1,078
Maheshpur mandal989
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.3 vs mandal average
Nurai4.4
Maheshpur mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nurai at a glance
Nurai is a village of 1,093 people in 246 households (Census 2011) in Maheshpur block, Pakur district, Jharkhand, the 46th-largest of 345 villages in Maheshpur block. Literacy is 50%, 7 points above the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 1,078 women per 1,000 men. It lies 75 km from the Pakur district centre, 2 km from Sarfarazganj, the nearest town, 6 km from Bakudi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816106, served by Maheshpur Raj post office; the LGD village code is 360778. The nearest hospital or health centre is Udhwa Nursing Home, 3 km away. The sarpanch is BEULA MAAL PAHADIYA. The population is estimated at 1,289 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurai · this village | 1,093 | 50% | — |
| Nurai · Barharwa | 826 | 43% | 0 km N |
| Nurai · Udhwa | 328 | 30% | 0 km N |
| Kusma · Udhwa | 294 | 30% | 0.7 km NW |
| Banghikund · Udhwa | 156 | 39% | 0.8 km SW |
| Belpahar · Udhwa | 0 | — | 1.1 km W |
| Chaukidhab · Udhwa | 693 | 46% | 1.3 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nurai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PAKUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 33
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KANIJHARA
- Total area (ha)
- 189
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.42
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nurai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Nurai
- LGD code
- 360778
- Pincode
- 816106
- Post office
- Maheshpur Raj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,093
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,289
- Households
- 246
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1078
- Literacy rate
- 49.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.94412°N, 87.84016°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Skiaripara
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BEULA MAAL PAHADIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Maheshpur
Getting there
How to reach Nurai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi312 kmcapital
- Kolkata269 km
- Delhi1131 km
- Hyderabad1283 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBakudi6 km
- Hospital / PHCUdhwa Nursing Home3 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil28 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College40 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station20 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)