Kurseli is a large[3] village in Hariyawan block of Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

[2] It is located north of the city of Hardoi, to the west of the main road to Pihani.

[3] Kurseli hosts a market on Mondays and Thursdays, [4] and the main staple foods are wheat and rice.

[2] The village lands extend a long way to the south, and include a chain of jhils that ultimately drain into the Sai river.

[3] The 1961 census recorded Kurseli as comprising 14 hamlets, with a total population of 4,118 (2,225 male and 1,893 female), in 819 households and 620 physical houses.