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About Guruan Village

Guruan is a mid sized village in Barsoi tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,148, made up of 613 males and 535 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.99 hectares hectares.

Guruan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guruan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Barsoi
Area (hectares) 76.99 hectares
Population 1,148
Male Population 613
Female Population 535
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Guruan compares

By the 2011 count Guruan is the 100th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,568 residents. Its 76.99 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Guruan

Guruan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Guruan as Available within 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Goaltoli, Gobindpur, Golhanda and Gondhra. 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 Guruan

As per the Census of India 2011, Guruan village had a population of 1,148. That makes it the 100th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,568 residents.

Guruan village has 613 males and 535 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guruan has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Guruan covers 76.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Guruan falls under Barsoi tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The census record for Guruan notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Guruan is in Barsoi tehsil of Katihar 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 Guruan today is likely to be higher.

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