About Gufa Village

Gufa is a small village in Phassang tehsil, in the district of Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 113, made up of 56 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2700 hectares hectares.

Gufa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gufa village
Description	Value
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Kurung Kumey
Tehsil	Phassang
Area (hectares)	2700 hectares
Population	113
Male Population	56
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Gufa compares

By the 2011 count Gufa is the 8th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 87 residents. Its 2700 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Getting to Gufa

Gufa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gufa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gufa from other places

Gufa lies about 15 km from Kurung Kumey, and the nearest railway station is Naharlagun, about 76 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gufa
Tehsil headquarters	Phassang	6.8 km
District headquarters	Kurung Kumey	15 km
Nearest railway station	Naharlagun	76 km
Nearest town	Itanagar	77 km

Villages closest to Gufa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Phassang tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Gufa

As per the Census of India 2011, Gufa village had a population of 113. That makes it the 8th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 87 residents.

Gufa village has 56 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gufa has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Gufa covers 2700 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gufa falls under Phassang tehsil of Kurung Kumey district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gufa is Naharlagun, about 76 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Gufa.

Gufa is about 15 km from Kurung Kumey in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gufa is in Phassang tehsil of Kurung Kumey district. Phassang is about 6.8 km away. Kurung Kumey is about 15 km away. Naharlagun is about 76 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.