About Guraru Village

Guraru is a mid sized village in Gurua tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,135, made up of 607 males and 528 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120 hectares hectares.

Guraru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guraru village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Gurua
Area (hectares)	120 hectares
Population	1,135
Male Population	607
Female Population	528
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Guraru compares

By the 2011 count Guraru is the 56th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents. Its 120 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Guraru

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

How far is Guraru from other places

Guraru lies about 33 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Ismailpur, about 21 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 Guraru
Tehsil headquarters	Gurua	6.1 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Ismailpur	21 km
District headquarters	Gaya	33 km

Villages closest to Guraru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guraru village had a population of 1,135. That makes it the 56th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents.

Guraru village has 607 males and 528 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guraru has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Guraru covers 120 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Guraru falls under Gurua tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Guraru is Ismailpur, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Guraru is about 33 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guraru is in Gurua tehsil of Gaya district. Gurua is about 6.1 km away. Sherghāti is about 9.8 km away. Ismailpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.