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About Gurgadh Village

Gurgadh is a mid sized village in Kalyanpur tehsil, in the district of Jamnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,852, made up of 907 males and 945 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5454.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 361315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurgadh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurgadh village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Jamnagar
Tehsil Kalyanpur
Pincode 361315
Area (hectares) 5454.35 hectares
Population 1,852
Male Population 907
Female Population 945
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurgadh compares

By the 2011 count Gurgadh is the 33rd largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents. Its 5454.35 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Gurgadh

Gurgadh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gurgadh as Available within village. 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 Gurgadh from other places

Gurgadh lies about 95 km from Jamnagar, and the nearest railway station is Okha Madhi, about 14 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 Gurgadh
Nearest railway station Okha Madhi 14 km
Nearest town Dwārka 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Kalyanpur 29 km
District headquarters Jamnagar 95 km

Villages closest to Gurgadh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurgadh village had a population of 1,852. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents.

Gurgadh village has 907 males and 945 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurgadh has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Gurgadh is 361315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurgadh covers 5454.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurgadh falls under Kalyanpur tehsil of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Gurgadh is Okha Madhi, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gurgadh.

Gurgadh is about 95 km from Jamnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurgadh is in Kalyanpur tehsil of Jamnagar district. Okha Madhi is about 14 km away. Dwārka is about 24 km away. Kalyanpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranjitpar (3.3 km), Gaga (6.2 km) and Mahadeviya (8.5 km).

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

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