Kurkura

Kurkura
Kurkura
Town
	Kurkura Location in Jharkhand, India Kurkura Kurkura (India)
	Coordinates: 22.80°N 84.92°E
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Elevation	465 m (1,526 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	900
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code	+91-01-XXXXXX
Vehicle registration	JH07
Sex Ratio	996:1000 ♂/♀

Kurkura is a town and a municipal committee in Gumla district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The town is located about 143 km from Ranchi on National Highway 1 and is well connected to rail routes as well.

Geography

Kurkura is located at 22°48′16″N 84°55′16″E southern Jharkhand.

Transport

Kurkura is well connected via Rail and Road routes.

Railway

By rail it is on the main BG line that connects the Ranchi to Rourkela. Kurkura is now well connected with major cities of India via rail routes and one of the most profitable station in South Eastern Railways. Kurkura railway station with station code KRKR.[1][2]

Roadways

Kurakura is well connected to other cities by district road Salgutu — Kurkura Road.

References

"Kurkura/KRKR – KRKR train arrival and departure times — Train Time.In". train-time.in. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
"Panoramio — Photo of kurkura station jharkhand". panoramio.com. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

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[train-time-1] "Kurkura/KRKR – KRKR train arrival and departure times — Train Time.In". train-time.in. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

[panoramio-2] "Panoramio — Photo of kurkura station jharkhand". panoramio.com. Retrieved 21 August 2014.