Located about 20 km to Jos on the Jos-Abuja highway in Plateau State.

Kuru is a conglomerate of other small semi - developed villages, hamlets and households not too far from one another.

Which are also made up of hamlets; Dakan, Danchol, Dahwol Vwana, Dakan, Gakok, Kanadap, Dazek, Gwes, Dahwak, Kushe, vwei, Gasen, Vwanyama, Gucho, Dabwa-Hwak, Wat, Dabwak, Dankarang, Dungus, Chwel Hwak, Damum, Dakyen, Zankong, Kaninkon, Datoh-Dagonu etc.

Modern day development brought National Institute For Policy and Strategic Studies to Kuru "B" Ward in Hwak village, located at Dachwa modernly known Gachas, Via Vom Road, Nigeria.

Kuru town sits along a Nigerian Railway Corporation rail line connecting Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kafanchan, Kuru, Bauchi, and finally Maiduguri.