About Juriya Village

Juriya is one of the larger villages in Bhuj tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,267, made up of 2,694 males and 2,573 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4074.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370510, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Juriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Juriya village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Kachchh
Tehsil	Bhuj
Pincode	370510
Area (hectares)	4074.59 hectares
Population	5,267
Male Population	2,694
Female Population	2,573
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Juriya compares

By the 2011 count Juriya is the 9th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 4074.59 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Juriya

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

Juriya lies about 23 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Bhuj, about 20 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 Juriya
Nearest railway station	Bhuj	20 km
District headquarters	Kachchh	23 km

Villages closest to Juriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Juriya village had a population of 5,267. That makes it the 9th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Juriya village has 2,694 males and 2,573 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Juriya has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Juriya is 370510. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Juriya covers 4074.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Juriya falls under Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Juriya is Bhuj, about 20 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 village for Juriya.

Juriya is about 23 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Juriya is in Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district. Bhuj is about 20 km away. Kachchh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.