Kurchaloy (Chechen: Курчалой-ГӀала, Kurçaloy-Ġala; Russian: Курчало́й) is a town and the administrative center of Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.

[6] The town of Kurchaloy is located in the foothill plains, on the right bank of the Gumsa, a tributary of the Sunzha.

The nearest settlements to Kurchaloy are Ilaskhan-Yurt to the north, Mayrtup to the east, Dzhigurty to the south-east, Niki-Khita and Dzhaglargi to the south, Avtury to the south-west, and Geldagana to the west.

[14] Until gaining city status in January 2019, Kurchaloy was the largest rural settlement in Chechnya.

On 13 February 2018, it was reported that the Chechen government intended to give the village of Kurchaloy the status of a town, and to include the nearby settlement of Mayrtup in it.