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About Gurmow Village

Gurmow is a large village in Goreswar tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,676, made up of 1,893 males and 1,783 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 660.44 hectares hectares.

Gurmow Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurmow village
Description Value
State Assam
District Baksa
Tehsil Goreswar
Area (hectares) 660.44 hectares
Population 3,676
Male Population 1,893
Female Population 1,783
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gurmow compares

By the 2011 count Gurmow is the 6th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents. Its 660.44 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Gurmow

Gurmow is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gurmow as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Goreswar No 3, Goreswar No 4, Goreswar No 5 and Gorka. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Gurmow

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurmow village had a population of 3,676. That makes it the 6th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents.

Gurmow village has 1,893 males and 1,783 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurmow has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Gurmow covers 660.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurmow falls under Goreswar tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The census record for Gurmow notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gurmow.

Gurmow is in Goreswar tehsil of Baksa district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gurmow today is likely to be higher.

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