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About Ghurania Village

Ghurania is a mid sized village in Naharkatiya tehsil, in the district of Dibrugarh, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 697, made up of 360 males and 337 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.41 hectares hectares.

Ghurania Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghurania village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dibrugarh
Tehsil Naharkatiya
Area (hectares) 143.41 hectares
Population 697
Male Population 360
Female Population 337
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ghurania compares

By the 2011 count Ghurania is the 72nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 833 residents. Its 143.41 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 970.

Getting to Ghurania

Ghurania is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghurania as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghurania from other places

Ghurania lies about 44 km from Dibrugarh. 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 Ghurania
Tehsil headquarters Naharkatiya 4.7 km
Nearest town Duliajan Oil Town 10 km
District headquarters Dibrugarh 44 km

Villages closest to Ghurania

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

Common questions about Ghurania

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghurania village had a population of 697. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 833 residents.

Ghurania village has 360 males and 337 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghurania has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 970.

Ghurania covers 143.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghurania falls under Naharkatiya tehsil of Dibrugarh district in Assam.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ghurania.

Ghurania is about 44 km from Dibrugarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghurania is in Naharkatiya tehsil of Dibrugarh district. Naharkatiya is about 4.7 km away. Duliajan Oil Town is about 10 km away. Dibrugarh is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghurania Bhatichuk (under 2 km), Ghurania No 2 (under 2 km) and Barbam No 1 (1.9 km).

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

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