About Gurera Village

Gurera is a small village in Ghat Kusumbha tehsil, in the district of Sheikhpura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 160 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 811105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurera village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Sheikhpura
Tehsil	Ghat Kusumbha
Pincode	811105
Area (hectares)	54 hectares
Population	303
Male Population	160
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurera compares

By the 2011 count Gurera is the 20th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,102 residents. Its 54 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Gurera

Gurera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gurera as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gurera from other places

Gurera lies about 11 km from Sheikhpura, and the nearest railway station is Eksari Halt, about 10 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 Gurera
Nearest railway station	Eksari Halt	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghat Kusumbha	11 km
District headquarters	Sheikhpura	11 km

Villages closest to Gurera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghat Kusumbha 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 Gurera

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurera village had a population of 303. That makes it the 20th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,102 residents.

Gurera village has 160 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurera has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Gurera is 811105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurera covers 54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurera falls under Ghat Kusumbha tehsil of Sheikhpura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gurera is Eksari Halt, about 10 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gurera.

Gurera is about 11 km from Sheikhpura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurera is in Ghat Kusumbha tehsil of Sheikhpura district. Eksari Halt is about 10 km away. Ghat Kusumbha is about 11 km away. Sheikhpura is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.