Kurali is administered by an elected municipal council. The town is served by a government hospital, post office, and several schools and colleges.
Transportation
Kurali sits on National Highway 21 with direct access to Chandigarh and other parts of Punjab and India. The city is accessible by bus and supports a rail station with direct routes to other parts of the country, including Dehli. The nearest airport is an international airport approximately 30 km away located in Mohali. The town's railway station is one of the oldest in the state of Punjab and has been used as a set piece for several Bollywood movies.
Education
Kurali supports several educational institutions. Khalsa Senior Secondary School is one of the oldest institution. Govt school kurali is the PRIMARY school and Chakwal Senior Secondary School which was opened by lala budh ram after Indo-pak partition, is one of the old schools in the area as well. In the city, National Public School was the first English middle school in the area. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education New Delhi for A.I.S.S.E. and A.I.S.S.C.E.. Other schools are Guru Harkrishan Public School, D.A.V. Model School and International Public School The area also includes the Govt. Edustar Adarsh Senior Secondary School at Kalewal, Senior Secondary School, IET Bhaddal, Indo-global Mirzapur, two colleges in Sahauran and Sarawati nursing college.
Business and industry
Kurali was a very popular market for jaggery and groundnuts and is a famous market for sunflower and sugarcane. Kurali has a developing industrial sector due in part to the Government Industrial Area established in the early 1990s. Kurali is famous for cheap firecrackers during the festival seasons such as Diwali and the traffic jams during that period can go on for many kilometres. And other Ekam Electronics,Prem electronics,Extra fine store,Tuhee Enterprices the best business shops in kurali.
Culture
There are two Sikh Gurdwaras in the city, Gurdwara Shri Guru Hargobindgarh Sahib located on morinda road and Gurdwara Nanaksar Thath located in the market. The Sikhs celebrate every occasion here. Every year on the gurpurab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and Guru Gobind Singh ji, evening function of gurbani is arranged for kids, where kids sing gurbani. Every year a fair is organized at Gossianwale Temple. At Nadipaar hundreds of thousands of people can be seen several times a year on special occasions having a community meal, participating in havan or having medicated KHEER. Anyone can get free medicine for any disease. People come to get blessings of Swami Ji Mahraaj, to heal their physical body and the inner self as well. Other cultural events include Sheetla Mata fairs and Qawwalis at Peerkhana. The town has a mosque also. Other religious places/attractions of Kurali city are the temple of Sitla Mata, Sai Baba Mandir/Vridh Ashram, and 12 Mandir.